2024
The Use and Impact of Cilostazol on Patients Undergoing Endovascular Peripheral Interventions
Alameddine D, Damara F, Pinto Rodriguez P, Huttler J, Slade M, Arhuidese I, Aboian E, Ochoa Chaar C. The Use and Impact of Cilostazol on Patients Undergoing Endovascular Peripheral Interventions. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 103: 47-57. PMID: 38387798, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.12.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of cilostazolPeripheral vascular interventionsPeripheral arterial diseaseTreatment of intermittent claudicationRates of long-term mortalityPeripheral vascular interventional proceduresKaplan-Meier methodCongestive heart failureLong-term mortalityLong-term outcomesEndovascular peripheral interventionsRenal complicationsPatient demographicsBaseline characteristicsHeart failureDiabetes mellitusArtery diseaseIntermittent claudicationCilostazolPatientsVascular interventionsPeripheral interventionsClaudicationOutcomesInterventionInsulin Requirement and Infrainguinal Bypass Outcomes in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Alameddine D, Satam K, Slade M, Wang H, Mena-Hurtado C, Turner J, Inzucchi S, Ochoa Chaar C. Insulin Requirement and Infrainguinal Bypass Outcomes in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 102: 25-34. PMID: 38307234, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.11.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsulin-requiring diabetes mellitusPeripheral arterial diseaseDiabetes mellitusInfrainguinal bypassInsulin requirementsArtery diseaseRisk of MALEBypass surgeryImpact of insulin useRates of primary patencyVascular Quality Initiative databaseOutcomes of patientsPeripheral arterial bypass surgeryInfrainguinal bypass surgeryStratification of patientsCrude rateElevated hemoglobin A1cArtery bypass surgeryAssociation of DMChronic limb-threatening ischemiaIncreased risk of MALEVascular Quality InitiativeLower extremity revascularizationAdverse limb eventsLimb-threatening ischemia
2023
The association between diabetes mellitus and its management with outcomes following endovascular repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysm
Summers S, Rastogi V, Yadavalli S, Wang S, Schaller M, Jones D, Ochoa Chaar C, de Bruin J, Verhagen H, Schermerhorn M. The association between diabetes mellitus and its management with outcomes following endovascular repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 313-323. PMID: 36966848, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.02.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmDiabetes mellitusNoninsulin medicationsPerioperative mortalityAortic aneurysmHospital complicationsEndovascular repairDietary managementSimilar perioperative mortalityMultivariable Cox regressionHigh perioperative mortalityVascular Quality InitiativeMultivariable logistic regressionEndovascular aneurysm repairMultivariable regression analysisDM statusNoninsulin therapySac regressionInsulin therapyTherapy cohortAneurysm repairDietary therapyDM subgroupCox regressionInsulin medication