2023
Lower extremity symptoms and ankle–brachial index screening as predictors of cardiovascular outcomes in Black adults
Lee M, Smolderen K, Ionescu C, Hillegass W, Romain G, Mena-Hurtado C. Lower extremity symptoms and ankle–brachial index screening as predictors of cardiovascular outcomes in Black adults. Vascular Medicine 2023, 28: 197-204. PMID: 37293738, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x231151729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseAbnormal ABILower extremity symptomsNormal ABILeg symptomsHigh riskBlack adultsExtremity symptomsStepwise Cox proportional hazards modelKaplan-Meier survival curvesCox proportional hazards modelAnkle-brachial indexFramingham risk factorsJackson Heart StudyProportional hazards modelCardiovascular outcomesCause mortalityArtery diseaseAsymptomatic diseaseAdverse outcomesMean ageSymptom assessmentAsymptomatic participantsRisk factorsSymptomatic participants
2019
Antiplatelet therapy for tibial balloon angioplasty: A clinical perspective
Ionescu CN, Altin SE, Mena-Hurtado C. Antiplatelet therapy for tibial balloon angioplasty: A clinical perspective. SAGE Open Medicine 2019, 7: 2050312119854579. PMID: 31210934, PMCID: PMC6545680, DOI: 10.1177/2050312119854579.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTibial balloon angioplastyCritical limb ischaemiaBalloon angioplastyAntiplatelet therapyLimb ischaemiaCritical limb ischaemia patientsNumber of patientsMultiple comorbiditiesPreclinical dataAngioplasty techniquesTherapeutic approachesHigh riskPost interventionAngioplastyClinical perspectiveTherapyIschaemiaPatientsShort durationComorbiditiesTrialsImportant role