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Filter by:Kidney transplant candidates undergo extensive diagnostic evaluation aimed at assessing their cardiovascular (CV) risk, which remains the leading cause of disability and death in this patient population. This includes among others an assessment of the iliac arterial calcification. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have an increased incidence of arterial calcifications due to many factors, such as increased age, hyperparathyroidism, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia. Furthermore, the severity of pelvic arterial calcifications may impact the surgical planning of kidney transplantation (KT), choice of anastomosis site, complexity of the surgery, and patient and graft survival. Vascular calcifications are recognized as a good biomarker of overall cardiovascular burden. Although computerized tomography (CT) is the imaging modality of choice for calcification evaluation, compared to pelvic X-ray and Doppler ultrasound, it is not officially included in the guidelines of different international associations, which offer general recommendations for the assessment of iliac vessels. Nevertheless, centers are increasingly using CT in their pretransplant workup, either routinely or only in patients with increased CV risk. Also, impaired bone metabolism and its consequences have an important role in the development of vascular calcification. The investigators will determine the relationship between calcification burden of iliac arteries which will be assessed on CT and the serum level of bone remodeling biomarkers, including parathyroid hormone, (PTH), calcium, phosphates, OPG/RANK/RANKL (engl. osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κΒ/RANK ligand) and Gla-Rich protein (GLP). According to investigator knowledge, this will be the first prospective study that will correlate the degree of iliac arteries calcification based on CT analyses with the serum level of various bone remodeling markers, and their impact on clinical outcome in kidney transplant recipients. The investigators expect this research to improve insights into incidence and distribution of iliac artery calcifications in patients following kidney transplantation, their correlation with clinical data and bone remodeling markers and confirm the appropriateness of using computerized tomography in a routine pretransplantation work-up.
The aim of this study is to compare standard education with VR augmented education in patients undergoing selective coronary angiography.
The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of the NOVA intracranial drug-eluting stent system in "real world" patients with intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis.
In this proposal, the investigators will demonstrate the feasibility and noninferiority of telerobotic ultrasonography as compared to traditional manual acquisition in performing a limited carotid Duplex examination and in carotid plaque detection.
The purpose of this registry is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of RIC for patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS) undergoing endovascular therapy.
This trial was a prospective, multicenter, single-group design. To undergo endovascular treatment of lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans After the subjects were selected and enrolled, the surgeons used the endovascular interventional surgical instrument control system developed by Shanghai Aopeng Medical Technology Co., Ltd. and the consumables of the endovascular interventional surgical instrument control system for the interventional hand Instrumentation (guide wire, catheter, stent, balloon) for remote delivery, manipulation, and withdrawal
Investigating the connection between delivered oxygen index and cerebral impact with COx (cerebral oximetry index) och cerebral injury markers during the routine use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
This study is a multicenter observational study designed to evaluate the the effectiveness and safety of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty for below the knee arterial lesions in patients critical with Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI).
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of remote ischemic conditioning on the dynamic cerebral autoregulation in patients with intracranial and extracranial arteriosclerosis and the changes of dynamic cerebral autoregulation within 24 hours after remote ischemic conditioning.
Arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) is one of the most common peripheral artery diseases (PADs) which causes ischemic symptoms of the lower limbs. Endovascular treatment has emerged as the most commonly used and efficient treatment option for PAD. However, adverse cardiovascular and lower extremity outcomes are inevitable, which remains a challenge for the vascular surgeon. ASO can be characterized by intermittent claudication, ischemic resting pain, and severe lower extremity ischemia. Known risk factors for lower extremity ASO include smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, chronic renal insufficiency, inflammatory indicators, etc. Endovascular revascularization is widely used at present. Many clinical centers choose endovascular therapy as the revascularization method of choice because of the lower incidence of complications and mortality compared with surgery, and the possibility of switching to open surgery if treatment fails. Luminal therapy is recommended when intermittent claudication affects quality of life, exercise or medical therapy is not effective, and clinical features suggest that endovascular therapy can improve the patient's symptoms and has a good risk benefit. At present, endovascular revascularization is widely used, but the incidence of adverse cardiovascular and lower extremity outcomes is still high, and the risk factors affecting the adverse outcomes after endovascular revascularization are still unclear. The aim of this study is to explore the risk factors affecting the poor outcome of endovascular revascularization for lower extremity ASO, and to provide precise prevention strategies for improving the prognosis of the patients. This study was designed as a single-center, prospective observational study. A total of 500 adult patients with lower extremity ASO who underwent endovascular revascularization in the Departments of Vascular Surgery and Peripheral Vascular in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University were enrolled as the study cohort. The exclusion criteria includes patients with severe infections, tumors, liver and kidney failure, autoimmune diseases, and incomplete baseline data. Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and serum biochemical parameters were collected at baseline. The patients were followed up 1-3 years after interventional therapy. Follow-up included adverse cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, acute myocardial infarction, stroke), lower extremity adverse events (resting pain, gangrene, amputation), and all-cause death. Multivariate COX regression analysis is used to analyze the influencing factors of poor prognosis in patients with lower extremity ASO undergoing endovascular revascularization.