scholarly journals The use of both internal thoracic arteries for coronary revascularization increases the estimate of post-operative lower limb ischemia in patients with peripheral artery disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Renata Micali ◽  
Massimo Bonacchi ◽  
Daniel Weigel ◽  
Rosie Howe ◽  
Orlando Parise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Coronary Revascularization ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Acute Kidney Disease ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Abstract Background Patients with a history of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) exhibit higher rates of complications. There are conflicting data on the survival benefits for bilateral thoracic artery (BITA) grafting compared with left internal thoracic artery (LITA) CABG in patients with PAD. The aim of the study was to explore the influence of the use of BITA grafts vs. LITA for CABG on post-operative acute lower limb ischemia (ALLI) and main post-operative complications in patients with concomitant PAD. Methods We used a propensity-score (PS) based analysis to compare outcomes between the two surgical procedures, BITA and LITA. The inverse probability of treatment weighting PS technique was applied to adjust for pre- and intra-operative confounders, and to get optimal balancing of the pre-operative data. The primary outcome was the estimate of postoperative ALLI. Secondary outcomes included overall death and death of cardiac causes within 30 days of surgery, stroke and acute kidney disease (AKD). Results The study population consisted of 1961 patients. The LITA procedure was performed in 1768 patients whereas 193 patients underwent a BITA technique. The estimate of ALLI was 14% higher in the BITA compared to the LITA (p < 0.001) group. Thirty-day mortality, cardiac death, occurrence of stroke and AKI did not differ significantly between the groups. Conclusions The use of both ITAs led to a significant increase in ALLI. This result was most likely caused by the complete disruption of the ITA collateral providing additional blood supply to the lower extremities. Based on our data, BITA should be used with extreme caution in PAD patients. Further research on this topic is necessary to confirm our findings.

scholarly journals Hyperfibrinogenemia in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Coexistent and Independent Risk Factor (A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature)

PRILOZI ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
Marijan Bosevski ◽  
Gorjan Krstevski ◽  
Irena Mitevska ◽  
Emilija Antova ◽  
Golubinka Bosevska
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Left Limb ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Abstract These case reports aim to show that hyperfibrinogenemia is a risk factor for the progression and prognosis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), in patients with and without diabetes mellitus type 2. We present a patient with PAD who has type 2 diabetes mellitus, who has previously been repeatedly treated for lower limb ischemia with multiple vascular surgeries performed. A few weeks before admission the patient developed critical lower limb ischemia, which was treated with an iliaco-popliteal and femorofemoral bypass. The patient had elevated serum fibrinogen values. In the current admission, renewed left limb ischemia was diagnosed, and surgically evaluated with a recommendation for amputation of the left limb as a surgical recommendation. Our second patient had a stable intermittent claudication, dyslipidemia and hyperfibrinogenemia. He was successfully treated for those risk factors. Regular monitoring of the patient showed improved claudication distance and quality of life Our case reports, supported by a literature review, demonstrate that hyperfibrinogenemia is a possible risk factor for progression and the prognosis of PAD.

The predictors of clinical outcome after endovascular intervention for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Kim ◽  
B.G Kim ◽  
J.K Seo ◽  
G.S Kim ◽  
H.Y Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Critical Limb Ischemia ◽  
Coronary Revascularization ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Endovascular Intervention ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Abstract Background Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have a higher mortality rate than age-matched patients without PAD. Also more than half of patients with symptomatic PAD have polyvascuar disorder including coronary artery disease (CAD). Purpose This study aimed to identify the predictors of mortality outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing lower extremity endovascular intervention. Methods We studied 300 consecutive patients admitted for symptomatic low extremity arterial disease. A total of 196 patients without angina and prior coronary revascularization (72±10 years, 156 men) who underwent lower extremity endovascular intervention (claudication, n=74; critical limb ischemia, n=122) were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent coronary angiography but not simultaneous coronary revascularization. CAD was defined as angiographically significant (≥50%) stenosis of coronary arteries and severity was classified as none, 1-, 2-, or 3-vessel disease (VD). All-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event (MACCE) rate were compared between the patients with CAD and those without CAD. MACCE included any of the following adverse events: cardiac death, cerebrovascular death, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and congestive heart failure. Results Mean duration of follow-up was 3 years. All-cause mortality and MACCE were 16.3% and 19.8%, respectively. The independent risk factors for all-cause mortality were old age (HR=1.05, P=0.043), lower body mass index (HR=0.83, P=0.016), critical limb ischemia (HR=3.74, P=0.033) and the presence of CAD (HR=2.85, P=0.027). This variable surpassed all classical risk factors (including smoking and history of hypertension or diabetes mellitus). Of the 196 patients, 101 patients (52%) had asymptomatic CAD; 1-VD (n=35, 18%); 2-VD (n=32, 16%); 3-VD (n=28, 14%). Patients with CAD had significantly higher all-cause mortality (19% vs. 11%, P=0.018) and higher MACCE rate (26% vs. 8%, P=0.001) compared to those without CAD. Furthermore, the severity of CAD had graded associations with the all-cause mortality and MACCE rate (Figure). Independent predictors of CAD were critical limb ischemia (CLI) (OR = 2.43, P=0.018) and presence of the below-the-knee lesions (OR = 2.04, P=0.019). In addition, CAD was more prevalent in the patients with lower BMI (61% vs. 41%, p=0.007). Conclusion Asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) was found in half of the patients undergoing endovascular intervention for lower extremity arterial disease and associated with higher mortality and MACCE rate. Therefore, detection of CAD might be important for risk stratification for these patients, especially with lower body mass index or critical limb ischemia. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None

scholarly journals Genetics of Vascular Inflammation in Lower Limb Ischemia: The TNF-α Hypothesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Caicedo ◽  
Clara V. Álvarez ◽  
Sihara Pérez ◽  
Jesús Devesa
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Vascular Inflammation ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Hs Crp ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Background: Vascular inflammation plays a crucial role in peripheral arterial disease (PAD), although the role of the mediators involved has not yet been properly defined. The aim of this work is to investigate gene expression and plasma biomarkers in chronic limb-threating ischemia (CLTI). Methods: Using patients from the GHAS trial, both blood and ischemic muscle samples were obtained to analyze plasma markers and mRNA expression, respectively. Statistical analy-sis was performed by using univariate (Spearman, t-Student, X2) and multivariate (multiple lo-gistic regression) tests. Results: 35 patients were available at baseline (29 for mRNA expression). Baseline characteristics (mean): Age:71.4&plusmn;12.4 (79.4% male); TNF-&alpha;:10.7&plusmn;4.9; hs-CRP:1.6&plusmn;2.2; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR):3.5&plusmn;2.8. Plasma TNF-&alpha; was found elevated (&ge;8.1) in 68.6% of patients, while high hs-CRP (&ge;0.5) in 60.5%. Diabetic patients with high level of inflammation showed significantly higher levels of NOX4 expression at baseline (p=0.0346). Plasma TNF-&alpha; had a negative correlation with eNOS expression (-0.5, p=0.015) and hs-CRP with VEGF-A (-0.63, p=0.005). The expression of NOX4 was parallel to that of plasma TNF-&alpha; (0.305, p=0.037), especial-ly in DM. Cumulative mortality at 12-month was related to NLR &ge;3 (p=0.019) and TNF-&alpha; &ge;8.1 (p=0.048). The best cut-off point for NLR to predict mortality was 3.4. Conclusions: NOX4 and TNF-&alpha; are crucial for the development and complications of lower limb ischemia, especially in DM. hs-CRP could have a negative influence on angiogenesis too. NLR and TNF-&alpha; represent suita-ble markers of mortality in CLTI. These results are novel because they connect muscle gene expres-sion and plasma information in patients with advanced PAD, deepening the search of new and ac-curate targets for this condition.

scholarly journals Comparison of Color Doppler and computed tomography angiography (CTA) in arterial disease in patients with lower limb ischemia.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1381-1391
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zakir ◽  
Anjum Tazeen ◽  
Faisal Nadeem Khan ◽  
Mehreen Fatima ◽  
Javed Tauqir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Computed Tomography Angiography ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Color Doppler ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of color Doppler ultrasound with computed tomography angiography in patients with lower limb ischemia and to assess the severity of stenosis. Study Design: Cross Sectional Analytical study. Setting: Shalamar Hospital, Lahore. Period: May 2020 to October 2020. Material & Methods: Data were collected according to the Age, Height, Weight, BMI, Duration of diabetes, Total Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Triglyceride, Gender, Socioeconomic status, Diabetes, Hypertension, Stenosis, Collateral, calcification. Sample size of46 patients were included in this research comprising 32 males (69.6%) and 14 females (30.4%).Data entry and analysis will be done by using SPSS version-23. Results: Total numbers of 46 patients were included in this research comprising 32 males (69.6%) and 14 females (30.4%). According to the result analysis 34 patients had shown peripheral arterial disease at color Doppler and 12 patients had not shown peripheral arterial disease at color doppler. 38 patients had shown peripheral arterial disease at CTA and 8 patients had not shown peripheral arterial disease at CTA. Conclusion: This study concludes that computed tomography angiography for detection of peripheral arterial disease as the gold standard, MDCT angiography shows higher sensitivity (82.6%) than color-coded Doppler ultrasonography (73.9%) in the assessment of peripheral arterial disease.

scholarly journals Bridging Therapy Using B-SES for Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients with Severe Lower Limb Ischemia

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-548
Author(s):  
Kaori OCHIAI ◽  
Yuuma TAMURA ◽  
Kyousuke EHARA ◽  
Riha SHIMIZU ◽  
Yasushi MATUSHITA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Bridging Therapy ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Comparison Between Computed Tomography Angiography and Digital Subtraction Angiography in Critical Lower Limb Ischemia

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham Ebrahim Ahmed Al-rudaini ◽  
Ping Han ◽  
Huimin Liang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Subtraction Angiography ◽  
Ct Angiography ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Limb Ischemia ◽  
Definitive Treatment ◽  
Digital Subtraction ◽  
Arterial Tree ◽  
Lower Limb Ischemia ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Background:CT Angiography (CTA) of aortoiliac and lower extremity arteries is a relatively recent innovation of CT imaging that has changed after the introduction of multi-detector row scanners.Objective:The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography (MDCTA) in the assessment of arterial tree in patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease (PAOD), as compared to Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA).Methods:A single-center nonrandomized prospective study was conducted on 50 patients complaining of peripheral arterial disease (chronic stage) from February 2017 to October 2017. All the patients were exposed to DSA and CTA prior to definitive treatment. The images were then analyzed using maximum intensity projection, volume-rendered, and curved multiplane reformation techniques.Results:All the patients involved in this study were susceptible according to their clinical presentation. The statistical analysis exposed a highly significant difference between CTA and DSA in the assessment of stenosis at the level of Femoropopliteal segment (P<0.01), while for infrapopliteal segment, there was no statistically significant difference between CTA and DSA having 8% versus 14% insignificant stenosis and 62% versus 47% significant stenosis in CTA and DSA, respectively. The overall accuracy of CT angiography in the femoropopliteal segments was 95.20% while in the infrapopliteal segment it was 94.5%.Conclusion:Multidetector CT angiography was found to be a reliable alternative mean for pathoanatomical description of the arterial lesions in critical lower limb ischemia and its subsequent management in comparison to digital subtraction angiography.

scholarly journals Case Report: ENDOVASCULAR STENTING IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE OF LOWER EXTREMITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Yudi Her Oktaviono
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Transluminal Angioplasty ◽  
Focal Lesions ◽  
First Choice ◽  
History Of ◽  
Arterial Insufficiency ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Peripheral Arterial

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is usually caused by multilevel atherosclerotic disease, typically in patients with a history of cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, or both. Intermittent claudication (IC), an early manifestation of PAD, commonly leads to reduced quality of life for patients who are limited in their ambulation. Percutaneous intervention for peripheral artery disease has evolved from balloon angioplasty for simple focal lesions to multimodality techniques that enable treatment of severe arterial insufficiency. Especially for high-grade stenoses or short arterial occlusions, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) should be the method of first choice followed by the best surgical procedure later on. To achieve good long-term efficacy, a close follow-up including objective tests of both the arterial lesion and hemodynamic status, surveillance of secondary preventive measures and risk factor control is mandatory.

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