2023
Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Stenosis by Age: Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data
Leung Y, Bera K, Rodriguez D, Dardik A, Mas J, Simonte G, Rerkasem K, Howard D. Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Stenosis by Age: Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data. Stroke 2023, 54: 457-467. PMID: 36647921, PMCID: PMC9855737, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual patient dataSymptomatic elderly patientsSymptomatic carotid stenosisCarotid endarterectomyPerioperative strokeElderly patientsStroke riskMedical therapyCarotid stenosisMyocardial infarctionPatient dataStroke risk increasesRecurrent stroke riskSymptomatic stenosisInterventional armPerioperative deathsPerioperative riskAdverse eventsProspective cohortSymptomatic patientsRandomized trialsOutcome ratesObservational studyOctogenariansEndarterectomy
2018
Preferential Use of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia: Vascular Surgeons' Perspective
Nishibe T, Yamamoto K, Toguchi K, Seike Y, Ito N, Nishibe M, Koizumi J, Dardik A, Ogino H. Preferential Use of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia: Vascular Surgeons' Perspective. International Surgery 2018, 103: 509-515. DOI: 10.9738/intsurg-d-14-00309.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor adverse limb eventsInfrapopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplastyAmputation-free survivalCritical limb ischemiaPercutaneous transluminal angioplastyPerioperative deathsClinical successLimb ischemiaLimb salvageStepwise Cox proportional hazards regression modelCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsAdverse limb eventsEndovascular-first approachVascular surgeon's perspectiveVascular surgeons' experiencePeripheral artery diseaseKaplan-Meier methodTechnical success rateFirst therapeutic optionHazards regression modelsInfrapopliteal angioplastyRutherford 6Perioperative predictorsTransluminal angioplasty