2023
High-Risk Characteristics for Clinical Failure after Isolated Femoropopliteal Peripheral Vascular Interventions
Kim T, Schneider P, Iannuzzi J, Ochoa Chaar C. High-Risk Characteristics for Clinical Failure after Isolated Femoropopliteal Peripheral Vascular Interventions. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 96: 253-260. PMID: 37088359, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaclitaxel-coated devicesPeripheral vascular interventionsClinical failureHigh riskRisk scoreRest painVascular interventionsMultivariable hierarchical logistic regressionRisk score developmentPrimary end pointHigh-risk patientsVascular Quality InitiativeLower extremity revascularizationTrans-Atlantic InterInsulin-dependent diabetesNovel risk scoreHigh-risk characteristicsLoss of patencyHierarchical logistic regressionMajor amputationLate mortalityMinor amputationExtremity revascularizationOcclusion lengthFemale sex
2020
Outcomes of treatment with paclitaxel-coated devices for peripheral arterial disease
Kim TI, Kiwan G, Mohamedali A, Zhang Y, Mena-Hurtado C, Mojibian H, Guzman RJ, Ochoa Chaar CI. Outcomes of treatment with paclitaxel-coated devices for peripheral arterial disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2020, 73: 911-917. PMID: 33038480, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAmputation, SurgicalCardiovascular AgentsCoated Materials, BiocompatibleDrug-Eluting StentsEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansLimb SalvageMaleMiddle AgedPaclitaxelPeripheral Arterial DiseaseProsthesis DesignRetreatmentRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVascular PatencyConceptsPaclitaxel-coated devicesPeripheral artery diseaseCause of mortalityPCD useRisk of mortalityCumulative doseFemoropopliteal peripheral artery diseaseKaplan-Meier survival curvesLong-term mortalityPeripheral arterial diseaseCox regression analysisDrug-coated balloonsOutcome of treatmentDrug-eluting stentsMajor amputationPrimary patencyReintervention rateArtery diseaseArterial diseaseRandomized trialsOpen surgeryPresent studySingle institutionEndovascular interventionPatients