2021
Safety and efficacy outcomes of the Pioneer Plus catheter in endovascular revascularization of lower extremity chronic total occlusions
Sheikh AB, Llanos-Chea F, Jelani QU, Anantha-Narayanan M, Attaran R, Schneider M, Ionescu C, Regan C, Nagpal S, Smolderen KG, Mena-Hurtado C. Safety and efficacy outcomes of the Pioneer Plus catheter in endovascular revascularization of lower extremity chronic total occlusions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2021, 74: 746-755. PMID: 33592298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.01.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse limb eventsAdverse limb eventsDevice-related complicationsProcedure-related complicationsProcedure-related outcomesProcedural successEfficacy outcomesPseudoaneurysm formationSafety outcomesLimb eventsLower extremity chronic total occlusionMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsChronic total occlusion interventionAccess site hematomaAcute arterial thrombosisAcute limb ischemiaAdverse cardiovascular eventsProvider-level factorsArteriovenous fistula formationHigh-volume centersChronic total occlusionMajor bleedingPreprocedural symptomsCardiovascular eventsCatheter use
2020
Systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes of lower extremity peripheral arterial interventions in patients with and without chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease
Anantha-Narayanan M, Sheikh AB, Nagpal S, Jelani QU, Smolderen KG, Regan C, Ionescu C, Ochoa Chaar CI, Schneider M, Llanos-Chea F, Mena-Hurtado C. Systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes of lower extremity peripheral arterial interventions in patients with and without chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2020, 73: 331-340.e4. PMID: 32889074, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCKD/end-stage renal diseaseEnd-stage renal diseaseNormal renal functionChronic kidney diseaseTarget lesion revascularizationLong-term mortalityPeripheral arterial diseaseRenal functionPAD interventionsMajor amputationRenal diseaseKidney diseaseOdds ratioNormal renal function groupIntervention typeRenal function groupCritical limb ischemiaPeripheral arterial interventionsConfidence intervalsPooled odds ratioOpen surgical approachMultivariable regression analysisCase-control matchingRandom-effects modelEvidence-based strategies