2023
Patient knowledge and preferences for peripheral artery disease treatment
Smolderen K, Romain G, Gosch K, Arham A, Provance J, Spertus J, Poosala A, Shishehbor M, Safley D, Scott K, Stone N, Mena-Hurtado C. Patient knowledge and preferences for peripheral artery disease treatment. Vascular Medicine 2023, 28: 397-403. PMID: 37638882, PMCID: PMC10591804, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x231181613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral artery diseaseTreatment goalsPatient knowledgeTreatment optionsTreatment preferencesHeart attack/strokeSymptomatic peripheral artery diseasePeripheral artery disease treatmentImportant treatment goalQuality of lifeCost of treatmentSpecific treatment goalsMulticenter registryPAD symptomsPain reliefSecondary preventionArtery diseaseTreatment choiceTreatment benefitPatient understandingPatientsMedical decision makingDisease managementClaudicationDisease treatment
2021
Treatment decisions for patients with peripheral artery disease and symptoms of claudication: Development process and alpha testing of the SHOW-ME PAD decision aid
Smolderen KG, Pacheco C, Provance J, Stone N, Fuss C, Decker C, Bunte M, Jelani QU, Safley DM, Secemsky E, Sepucha KR, Spatz ES, Mena-Hurtado C, Spertus JA. Treatment decisions for patients with peripheral artery disease and symptoms of claudication: Development process and alpha testing of the SHOW-ME PAD decision aid. Vascular Medicine 2021, 26: 273-280. PMID: 33627058, PMCID: PMC8169642, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x20988780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseArtery diseaseTreatment optionsSymptoms of claudicationInvasive treatment optionNon-invasive treatmentQuality of lifeClaudication symptomsClaudication treatmentPatient knowledgeSpecialty careTreatment decisionsDecision aidPatientsCliniciansDecisional needsInternational Patient Decision Aid Standards criteriaStandard criteriaPrototype decision aidImplementation logisticsSymptomsDecisional qualityDiseaseTreatmentClaudication
2019
Review of the Current Basic Science Strategies to Treat Critical Limb Ischemia
Haghighat L, Ionescu CN, Regan CJ, Altin SE, Attaran RR, Mena-Hurtado CI. Review of the Current Basic Science Strategies to Treat Critical Limb Ischemia. Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2019, 53: 316-324. PMID: 30808262, DOI: 10.1177/1538574419831489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical limb ischemiaLimb ischemiaDevelopment of CLIMolecular therapyPoor surgical candidatesImpairment of angiogenesisSurgical candidatesMicrovascular changesNovel imaging modalityTreatment optionsMorbid diseaseTranslational medicine studiesTherapyMedicine studiesImaging modalitiesIschemiaDiseasePatientsPathophysiologyArteriogenesisImpairmentTrials
2017
Review of coronary subclavian steal syndrome
Cua B, Mamdani N, Halpin D, Jhamnani S, Jayasuriya S, Mena-Hurtado C. Review of coronary subclavian steal syndrome. Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 70: 432-437. PMID: 28416323, DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary-subclavian steal syndromeLeft internal mammary arteryCoronary artery bypass surgerySubclavian artery stenosisSubclavian steal syndromeSteal syndromeBypass surgeryArtery stenosisUpper extremity perfusionArtery bypass surgeryInternal mammary arteryMyocardial blood supplyExtremity perfusionLIMA graftMammary arteryLeft anteriorClinical benefitTreatment optionsCurrent guidelinesBlood supplyArm exertionsRare phenomenonHigh gradeStenosisSurgery
2016
Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy
Nanna MG, Gomes P, Njoh RF, Ward C, Attaran RR, Mena C. Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2016, 92: 532-539. PMID: 27317752, DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid endarterectomyCarotid artery stentingCarotid artery stenosisArtery stentingMedical therapyArtery stenosisCarotid stenosisTreatment optionsSurgical techniqueTreatment strategiesCarotid arteryMajor causeEndarterectomyStenosisStrokeMorbidityStentingArterySignificant contributorOptionsTherapyMortalityTrials