2024
Long-Term Outcomes of Elective Endovascular versus Open Repair of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms in the VISION Database
Satam K, Brahmandam A, Zheng X, Mao J, Goodney P, Ochoa Chaar C. Long-Term Outcomes of Elective Endovascular versus Open Repair of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms in the VISION Database. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2024 PMID: 39454844, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopliteal artery aneurysm repairGreat saphenous veinLong-term outcomesVascular Quality InitiativeAneurysm repairAssociated with increased survivalShort hospital length of stayGreat saphenous vein bypassHospital length of stayRandomized multicenter studyCox proportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier curvesAssociated with lower mortalityPopliteal aneurysm repairPopliteal artery aneurysmPeripheral vascular interventionsProportional hazards regressionLength of stayP2Y12 inhibitorsBaseline characteristicsMulticenter studyEndovascular therapyArtery aneurysmPropensity-matchedSubgroup analysisComparative Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Patients on Chronic Anticoagulation with Factor Xa Inhibitors and Vitamin K Antagonists
Huttler J, Alameddine D, Damara F, Rodriguez P, Wu Z, Slade M, Strosberg D, Ochoa Chaar C. Comparative Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Patients on Chronic Anticoagulation with Factor Xa Inhibitors and Vitamin K Antagonists. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 104: 185-195. PMID: 38493886, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.12.092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVitamin K antagonistsPeripheral arterial diseaseChronic anticoagulationLong-term outcomesFactor Xa inhibitorsAmputation-free survivalK antagonistsXa inhibitorsVitamin K antagonist groupMultivariate logistic regression analysisOutcomes of patientsKaplan-Meier analysisCox proportional hazards regressionLong-term followRate of hematomaProportional hazards regressionPeripheral vascular interventionsLogistic regression analysisOptimal regimenPatient demographicsAnticoagulation regimensVenous thromboembolismAtrial fibrillationFXaIProcedural characteristics
2019
Risk factors and safe contrast volume thresholds for postcontrast acute kidney injury after peripheral vascular interventions
Lee SR, Zhuo H, Zhang Y, Dahl N, Dardik A, Ochoa Chaar CI. Risk factors and safe contrast volume thresholds for postcontrast acute kidney injury after peripheral vascular interventions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2019, 72: 603-610.e1. PMID: 31843298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.09.059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedCanadaContrast MediaDatabases, FactualEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansIncidenceKidneyMaleMiddle AgedPatient SafetyPeripheral Arterial DiseaseRadiography, InterventionalRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAdvanced chronic kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseasePeripheral vascular interventionsStages of CKDPostcontrast acute kidney injuryBaseline kidney functionPC-AKIAcute kidney injuryContrast volumeVolume of contrastRisk factorsKidney injuryCumulative incidenceLimb ischemiaKidney functionVascular interventionsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionAcute limb ischemiaLong-term mortalityCritical limb ischemiaNormal kidney functionMultivariable logistic regressionProportional hazards regressionLong-term survival