2020
Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sheikh AB, Anantha-Narayanan M, Smolderen KG, Jelani QU, Nagpal S, Schneider M, Llanos F, Ionescu C, Regan C, Attaran R, Altin SE, Mena-Hurtado C. Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2020, 54: 413-422. PMID: 32338163, DOI: 10.1177/1538574420920998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsPeriprocedural adverse eventsVascular complicationsAdverse eventsIntravascular ultrasoundPrimary patencyCause mortalityTechnical successMyocardial infarctionObservational studyVascular interventionsEnd pointSimilar patency ratesSimilar primary patencyPrimary end pointRate of reinterventionSecondary end pointsPeripheral arterial diseaseImproved clinical outcomesIVUS groupAmputation rateArterial diseaseClinical outcomesPatency ratesLower risk
2018
Making sense of endovascular therapies for femoropopliteal disease
Altin S, Abbott J. Making sense of endovascular therapies for femoropopliteal disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 91: 1329-1330. PMID: 29894589, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget lesion revascularizationSubgroup of patientsRisk of restenosisLesion revascularizationEndovascular strategiesFemoropopliteal diseaseEndovascular therapyRevascularization approachEndovascular interventionLower riskSupport drugsLesion typeWarrants investigationBiomechanical forcesCommon targetRiskRevascularizationPatientsArteryRestenosisTherapyDisease