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Filter by:This randomized, post-market clinical study is intended to evaluate the delivery and deployment of longer Zilver PTX stents (≥ 100 mm) compared to shorter Zilver PTX stents (≤80 mm) for treatment of lesions of the above-the-knee femoropopliteal artery.
The intent of this clinical registry is to demonstrate the efficacy of the EPIC™ stent in patients with superficial femoral/ popliteal artery disease. 100 patients with symptomatic femoropopliteal artery lesion will be enrolled in the study and shall undergo 4 visits during the trial -a pre-procedure visit, procedure visit at which time the stent will be placed, and follow-up visits at 6 and 12 months. Study hypothesis: The EPIC™ Self-Expanding Nitinol Vascular Stent with Delivery System will be efficacious in patients with Superficial Femoro/Popliteal Artery disease.
The investigators are conducting a pilot study for a clinical research trial to establish the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and the most effective recruitment strategies prior to the full study.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of laser atherectomy with balloon angioplasty compared to balloon angioplasty alone in the treatment of above the knee peripheral artery in-stent restenosis.
To define any changes in whole body oxygen consumption that occur following major vascular surgery (open aortic aneurysm surgery; endovascular aortic aneurysm repair; and infra-inguinal lower limb revascularisation procedures).
The investigators are conducting a clinical research trial to determine the role of motivational interviewing (MI) on promoting home-based walking therapy to improve walking ability in African Americans with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). African Americans are more than two times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to suffer from PAD. For patients with PAD, there is a significant risk for poor walking ability and limb loss. One major treatment for PAD is walking therapy but the traditional methods for the delivery of this treatment have required frequent visits to a university or hospital-based site. The investigators will address the role of self-managed walking program, to be conducted at or near the home, to improve limb function. In order to motivate the participants to walk, the investigators included two different intervention strategies: MI and patient-centered counseling for exercise (PACE). The investigators hypothesize that participants randomized to the MI arm will have a greater increase in their walking distance, compared to those receiving Patient-Centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise (PACE) and the control group.
The objective of this study is to separately demonstrate the safety and efficacy of BIOTRONIK's Astron and Pulsar stents. The Pulsar stent will be used for the treatment of femoro-popliteal lesions, located in the native superficial femoral artery (SFA) or proximal popliteal artery (PPA), while the Astron stent will be used for the treatment of the common or external iliac artery lesions.
The hypothesis being tested is that in patients with stable claudication and documented PAD, omega-3 supplementation for 1 month will lead to improvement in endothelial function as measured by flow-mediated, brachial artery vasodilation (FMD), as well as improvement in the vascular inflammatory profile as measured by a panel of established circulating inflammatory biomarkers.
Comparison of recurrent-restenosis rates 6 months after angioplasty of in-stent restenoses or in-stent reocclusions in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) using either a standard balloon (Admiral Xtreme, Invatec) or a paclitaxel-eluting balloon (In.Pact™ Admiral, Invatec).
Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) of the peripheral arteries has become essential in the diagnosis and follow-up of peripheral arterial disease. In clinical routine, the acquisition uses intravenous injection of a Gadolinium based contrast agent (gadolinium chelates). Initially, contrast enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA) was recommended for diabetic patients, elderly patients and\or patients with chronic renal insufficiency presenting a contraindication to CT angiography using iodized contrast agent injection. However, the increase in nephrogenic systematic fibrosis clinical cases, which would be secondary to gadolinium chelates injection, in patients with chronic renal insufficiency has restricted the use of CE-MRA. More than 500 cases were described to date in the world. Its occurrence is currently estimated around 4 % for patients in terminal chronic renal insufficiency and its mortality around 30 %. According to the recommendations of AFSSAPS from August, 2007, two gadolinium contrast agents (Gadodiamide-OMNISCAN *, General Electric HealthCare and Gadopentetate Dimeglumine-MAGNEVIST *, Bayer HealthCare) are contraindicated if the glomerular filtration rate is lower than 30 ml/mn. Non-contrast enhanced MR angiography (NCE MRA) techniques have been proposed to provide complete and non-invasive investigation of the peripheral vasculature, from the abdominal aorta to the calf, thus offering patients with chronic renal insufficiency a surrogate with no side effects. Moreover, the use of high field (3T) MR imaging and phased array coils offers high quality images and good signal to noise ratio for peripheral vasculature analysis. Besides, the acquisition can be repeated if required as it does not require any contrast injection. The main objective is to evaluate the quality of the NCE images obtained for every investigated station from the abdominal aorta to the calf. The secondary objective is to compare the diagnostic performances of NCE images with those of CE MRA. The third objective is to estimate the contribution of automated and dedicated post-processing tools in optimizing the diagnostic quality of the images.