Year Book of Vascular Surgery 2013

1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Basic Considerations - p. 8 5. Skeletal Muscle Adaptation in Response to Supervised Exercise Training for Intermittent Claudication - p. 9 6. The Relative Position of Paired Valves at Venous Junctions Suggests Their Role in Modulating Three-dimensional Flow Pattern in Veins - p. 10 7. Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Improves Revascularization in Chronic Ischemia - p. 11 8. Carotid Endarterectomy in Asymptomatic Patients With Limited Life Expectancy - p. 12 9. Epidemiology - p. 13 10. Regional Disparities in Incidence, Handling and Outcomes of Patients with Symptomatic and Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Norway - p. 14 11. No increased mortality with early aortic aneurysm disease - p. 15 12. Racial Differences in Risks for First Cardiovascular Events and Noncardiovascular Death: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, the Cardiovascular Health Study, and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis - p. 16 13. Effect of a Single, Oral, High-dose Vitamin D Supplementation on Endothelial Function in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study - p. 17 14. Prognostic Usefulness of Clinical and Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease in Men With Stable Coronary Heart Disease - p. 18 15. An integrated biochemical prediction model of all-cause mortality in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery for advanced peripheral artery disease - p. 19 16. Vascular Laboratory and Imaging - p. 20 17. Isokinetic Strength and Endurance in Proximal and Distal Muscles in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease - p. 21 18. Maximal Venous Outflow Velocity: An Index for Iliac Vein Obstruction - p. 22 19. Perioperative Considerations - p. 23 20. Greater saphenous vein evaluation from computed tomography angiography as a potential alternative to conventional ultrasonography - p. 24 21. Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: A Meta-analysis - p. 25 22. Grafts and Graft Complications - p. 26 23. Systematic review and meta-analysis of vein cuffs for below-knee synthetic bypass - p. 27 24. Vein graft neointimal hyperplasia is exacerbated by CXCR4 signaling in vein graft-extrinsic cells - p. 28 25. Ezetimibe reduces intimal hyperplasia in rabbit jugular vein graft - p. 29 26. Rosuvastatin improves vascular function of arteriovenous fistula in a diabetic rat model - p. 30 27. A pilot study of a triple antimicrobial-bonded Dacron graft for the prevention of aortic graft infection - p. 31 28. Aortic Aneurysm - p. 32 29. Effect of endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair on thrombin generation and fibrinolysis - p. 33 30. Remodelling of Vascular (Surgical) Services in the UK - p. 34 31. Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Related Protein 1 and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - p. 35 32. Total Endovascular Debranching of the Aortic Arch - p. 36 33. A Multicentre Observational Study of the Outcomes of Screening Detected Sub-aneurysmal Aortic Dilatation - p. 37 34. Endovascular repair of ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with lower 30-day mortality and better 5-year survival rates than open surgical repair - p. 38 35. A modern experience with saccular aortic aneurysms - p. 39 36. Differences in readmissions after open repair versus endovascular aneurysm repair - p. 40 37. Palliation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Endovascular Era - p. 41 38. Technique of supraceliac balloon control of the aorta during endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 42 39. Intraluminal abdominal aortic aneurysm thrombus is associated with disruption of wall integrity - p. 43 40. Asymmetric expansion of aortic aneurysms on computed tomography imaging - p. 44 41. Impact of chronic kidney disease on outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair - p. 45 42. An Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm beyond Smoking: Results from a Case–control Study - p. 46 43. Endovascular Treatment of Infected Aortic Aneurysms - p. 47 44. Effects of Statin Therapy on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Observational Comparative Studies - p. 48 45. Derivation and validation of a practical risk score for prediction of mortality after open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in a U.S. regional cohort and comparison to existing scoring systems - p. 49 46. Cost–Effectiveness at Two Years in the VA Open versus Endovascular Repair Trial - p. 50 47. Expression of cytoskeleton and energetic metabolism-related proteins at human abdominal aortic aneurysm sites - p. 51 48. Free-radical scavenger edaravone inhibits both formation and development of abdominal aortic aneurysm in rats - p. 52 49. Comparison of 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose, 18F-fluoro-methyl-choline, and 18F-DPA714 for positron-emission tomography imaging of leukocyte accumulation in the aortic wall of experimental abdominal aneurysms - p. 53 50. Changes in thrombin generation, fibrinolysis, platelet and endothelial cell activity, and inflammation following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair - p. 54 51. Abdominal Aortic Endografting - p. 55 52. Fractured superior mesenteric artery stents after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair - p. 56 53. A meta-analysis of outcomes of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients with hostile and friendly neck anatomy - p. 57 54. Transcatheter Embolisation of Type 1 Endoleaks after Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Onyx: When No Other Treatment Option is Feasible - p. 58 55. Outcomes after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are equivalent between genders despite anatomic differences in women - p. 59 56. Early Results from the ENGAGE Registry: Real-world Performance of the Endurant Stent Graft for Endovascular AAA Repair in 1262 Patients - p. 60 57. Comparison of fenestrated endovascular and open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms not suitable for standard endovascular repair - p. 61 58. Temporary axillobifemoral bypass during fenestrated aortic aneurysm repair - p. 62 59. Cost–Effectiveness at Two Years in the VA Open versus Endovascular Repair Trial - p. 63 60. Duplex ultrasound factors predicting persistent type II endoleak and increasing AAA sac diameter after EVAR - p. 64 61. Endovascular aneurysm repair in nonagenarians is safe and effective - p. 65 62. Predicting the learning curve and failures of total percutaneous endovascular aortic aneurysm repair - p. 66 63. Remodeling of proximal neck angulation after endovascular aneurysm repair - p. 67 64. Thoracic Aorta - p. 68 65. Late neurological recovery of paraplegia after endovascular repair of an infected thoracic aortic aneurysm - p. 69 66. Staged total exclusion of the aorta for chronic type B aortic dissection - p. 70 67. Incidence of Descending Aortic Pathology and Evaluation of the Impact of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Population-based Study in England and Wales from 1999 to 2010 - p. 71 68. Reintervention for distal stent graft-induced new entry after endovascular repair with a stainless steel-based device in aortic dissection - p. 72 69. Left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair does not mandate revascularization - p. 73 70. Triple-barrel Graft as a Novel Strategy to Preserve Supra-aortic Branches in Arch-TEVAR Procedures: Clinical Study and Systematic Review - p. 74 71. Ex-vivo Haemodynamic Models for the Study of Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection in Isolated Porcine Aorta - p. 75 72. Progress in Endovascular Management of Type A Dissection - p. 76 73. An in vitro phantom study on the influence of tear size and configuration on the hemodynamics of the lumina in chronic type B aortic dissections - p. 77 74. The results of stent graft versus medication therapy for chronic type B dissection - p. 78 75. Acute type B aortic dissection in the absence of aortic dilatation - p. 79 76. Aortoiliac Disease and Leg Ischemia - p. 80 77. Midterm Outcomes of Embolisation of Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysms - p. 81 78. Long-Term Follow-Up of Endovascular Treatment for Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus II Type B Iliac Lesions in Patients Aged <50 Years - p. 82 79. A systematic review of endovascular treatment of extensive aortoiliac occlusive disease - p. 83 80. A contemporary experience of open aortic reconstruction in patients with chronic atherosclerotic occlusion of the abdominal aorta - p. 84 81. Outcomes of angiosome and non-angiosome targeted revascularization in critical lower limb ischemia - p. 85 82. Subintimal Angioplasty of Long Chronic Total Femoropopliteal Occlusions: Long-Term Outcomes, Predictors of Angiographic Restenosis, and Role of Stenting - p. 86 83. A meta-analysis of endovascular versus surgical reconstruction of femoropopliteal arterial disease - p. 87 84. A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial of a Novel Vascular Sealant - p. 88 85. A multicenter experience evaluating chronic total occlusion crossing with the Wildcat catheter (the CONNECT study) - p. 89 86. One-year Clinical Outcome after Primary Stenting for Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) C and D Femoropopliteal Lesions (The STELLA “STEnting Long de L'Artère fémorale superficielle” Cohort) - p. 90 87. Volume–Outcome Relationships in Lower Extremity Arterial Bypass Surgery - p. 91 88. Effect on walking distance and atherosclerosis progression of a nitric oxide-donating agent in intermittent claudication - p. 92 89. Pilot Trial of Cryoplasty or Conventional Balloon Post-Dilation of Nitinol Stents for Revascularization of Peripheral Arterial Segments: The COBRA Trial - p. 93 90. Micro-lightguide spectrophotometry for tissue perfusion in ischemic limbs - p. 94 91. Randomized controlled trial of remote endarterectomy versus endovascular intervention for TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus II D femoropopliteal lesions - p. 95 92. Effect of Supervised Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudication in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus - p. 96 93. Availability of Supervised Exercise Programs and the Role of Structured Home-based Exercise in Peripheral Arterial Disease - p. 97 94. Comparison of initial hemodynamic response after endovascular therapy and open surgical bypass in patients with diabetes mellitus and critical limb ischemia - p. 98 95. Outcomes of Open Operation for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease After Failed Endovascular Therapy - p. 99 96. Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Treatment of Infrapopliteal Arteries Reduce Clinical Event Rate Compared to Bare-Metal Stents: Long-Term Results From a Randomized Trial - p. 100 97. Sex-based differences in the inflammatory profile of peripheral artery disease and the association with primary patency of lower extremity vein bypass grafts - p. 101 98. Impact of Gender and Age on Outcomes of Tibial Artery Endovascular Interventions in Critical Limb Ischemia - p. 102 99. Temporal Trends and Geographic Variation of Lower-Extremity Amputation in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Results From U.S. Medicare 2000–2008 - p. 103 100. Impact of endovascular options on lower extremity revascularization in young patients - p. 104 101. A multicenter experience evaluating chronic total occlusion crossing with the Wildcat catheter (the CONNECT study) - p. 105 102. Calf muscle oxygen saturation and the effects of supervised exercise training for intermittent claudication - p. 106 103. Anatomical Predictors of Major Adverse Limb Events after Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Patients with Critical Limb Ischaemia due to Pure Isolated Infrapopliteal Lesions - p. 107 104. Long-term limb salvage and survival after endovascular and open revascularization for critical limb ischemia after adoption of endovascular-first approach by vascular surgeons - p. 108 105. A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Comparison of Balloon Angioplasty and Infrapopliteal Stenting With the Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Ischemic Peripheral Arterial Disease: 1-Year Results From the ACHILLES Trial - p. 109 106. Combination therapy with warfarin plus clopidogrel improves outcomes in femoropopliteal bypass surgery patients - p. 110 107. A phase II dose-ranging study of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor K-134 in patients with peripheral artery disease and claudication - p. 111 108. Anatomical Predictors of Major Adverse Limb Events after Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Patients with Critical Limb Ischaemia due to Pure Isolated Infrapopliteal Lesions - p. 112 109. Upper Extremity Ischemia/Dialysis Access - p. 113 110. Angiotensin receptor blockers and antiplatelet agents are associated with improved primary patency after arteriovenous hemodialysis access placement - p. 114 111. Cost-effectiveness of Vascular Access for Haemodialysis: Arteriovenous Fistulas Versus Arteriovenous Grafts - p. 115 112. Evaluation of Immature Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistulas Based on 3-French Retrograde Micropuncture of Brachial Artery - p. 116 113. Long-term results of femoral vein transposition for autogenous arteriovenous hemodialysis access - p. 117 114. Ethnic differences in arm vein diameter and arteriovenous fistula creation rates in men undergoing hemodialysis access - p. 118 115. Carotid and Cerebrovascular Disease - p. 119 116. Carotid Artery Surgery: High-Risk Patients or High-Risk Centers? - p. 120 117. No Benefit from Carotid Intervention in Fatal Stroke Prevention for 80-Year-old Patients - p. 121 118. Prospective neurocognitive evaluation of patients undergoing carotid interventions - p. 122 119. Variability in Carotid Endarterectomy Practice Patterns Within a Metropolitan Area - p. 123 120. Stroke After Carotid Stenting and Endarterectomy in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST) - p. 124 121. The impact of race and ethnicity on the outcome of carotid interventions in the United States - p. 125 122. Visual outcomes after carotid reconstructive surgery for ocular ischemia - p. 126 123. Comparing the Use of Diagnostic Imaging and Receipt of Carotid Endarterectomy in Elderly Black and White Stroke Patients - p. 127 124. Ribosomal Protein L17, RpL17, is an Inhibitor of Vascular Smooth Muscle Growth and Carotid Intima Formation - p. 128 125. Cyclooxygenase-2–Derived Prostacyclin Regulates Arterial Thrombus Formation by Suppressing Tissue Factor in a Sirtuin-1–Dependent-Manner - p. 129 126. Wait times among patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis requiring carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention - p. 130 127. Comparison of renin and catecholamine release in patients undergoing eversion or conventional carotid endarterectomy - p. 131 128. Variability in Carotid Endarterectomy Practice Patterns Within a Metropolitan Area - p. 132 129. Very Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Confers Increased Procedural Risk - p. 133 130. Perioperative Approach in the Surgical Management of Carotid Body Tumors - p. 134 131. Regional versus general anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program perspective - p. 135 132. The need for emergency surgical treatment in carotid-related stroke in evolution and crescendo transient ischemic attack - p. 136 133. Carotid Endarterectomy Plus Medical Therapy or Medical Therapy Alone for Carotid Artery Stenosis in Symptomatic or Asymptomatic Patients: A Meta-Analysis - p. 137 134. A 20-year Experience with Surgical Management of True and False Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms - p. 138 135. Modified Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy - p. 139 136. Early versus delayed carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients - p. 140 137. Regional use of combined carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass graft and the effect of patient risk - p. 141 138. Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy—Our Experience After 20 Years of Carotid Surgery and 9897 Carotid Endarterectomy Procedures - p. 142 139. The impact of race and ethnicity on the outcome of carotid interventions in the United States - p. 143 140. Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy under general and regional anesthesia from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - p. 144 141. Analysis of Florida and New York state hospital discharges suggests that carotid stenting in symptomatic women is associated with significant increase in mortality and perioperative morbidity compared with carotid endarterectomy - p. 145 142. The European Society for Vascular Surgery Guidelines for Carotid Intervention: An Updated Independent Assessment and Literature Review - p. 146 143. The Impact of Gender on In-hospital Outcomes after Carotid Endarterectomy or Stenting - p. 147 144. A Simplified Murine Intimal Hyperplasia Model Founded on a Focal Carotid Stenosis - p. 148 145. Carotid artery stenting outcomes are equivalent to carotid endarterectomy outcomes for patients with post-carotid endarterectomy stenosis - p. 149 146. Characteristics of Ischemic Brain Lesions After Stenting or Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Results From the International Carotid Stenting Study–Magnetic Resonance Imaging Substudy - p. 150 147. Carotid Artery Surgery: High-Risk Patients or High-Risk Centers? - p. 151 148. The Impact of Gender on In-hospital Outcomes after Carotid Endarterectomy or Stenting - p. 152 149. Contralateral occlusion is not a clinically important reason for choosing carotid artery stenting for patients with significant carotid artery stenosis - p. 153 150. Carotid endarterectomy is more cost-effective than carotid artery stenting - p. 154 151. Vascular Trauma - p. 155 152. An outcome analysis of endovascular versus open repair of blunt traumatic aortic injuries - p. 156 153. Epidemiology and Outcome of Vascular Trauma at a British Major Trauma Centre - p. 157 154. A Ten Year Review of Civilian Iliac Vessel Injuries from a Single Trauma Centre - p. 158 155. Anatomic distribution and mortality of arterial injury in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with comparison to a civilian benchmark - p. 159 156. Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism - p. 160 157. Quantity of Residual Thrombus after Successful Catheter-directed Thrombolysis for Iliofemoral Deep Venous Thrombosis Correlates with Recurrence - p. 161 158. Symptomatic venous thromboembolism after femoral vein harvest - p. 162 159. Dedicated tracking of patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters improves retrieval rates - p. 163 160. Pulmonary Embolism Without Deep Venous Thrombosis - p. 164 161. Comparison of vein valve function following pharmacomechanical thrombolysis versus simple catheter-directed thrombolysis for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis - p. 165 162. Management of the Thrombosed Filter-Bearing Inferior Vena Cava - p. 166 163. Dedicated tracking of patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters improves retrieval rates - p. 167 164. British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Registry - p. 168 165. Caval Penetration by Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters: A Retrospective Comparison of Option and Günther Tulip Filters - p. 169 166. Comparison of vein valve function following pharmacomechanical thrombolysis versus simple catheter-directed thrombolysis for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis - p. 170 167. Chronic Venous and Lymphatic Disease - p. 171 168. High Compression Pressure over the Calf is More Effective than Graduated Compression in Enhancing Venous Pump Function - p. 172 169. Randomized clinical trial of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy versus surgery for the incompetent great saphenous vein - p. 173 170. Influence of high-heeled shoes on venous function in young women - p. 174 171. Great saphenous vein diameter does not correlate with worsening quality of life scores in patients with great saphenous vein incompetence - p. 175 172. Saphenous pulsation on duplex may be a marker of severe chronic superficial venous insufficiency - p. 176 173. Generic Health-related Quality of Life is Significantly Worse in Varicose Vein Patients with Lower Limb Symptoms Independent of Ceap Clinical Grade - p. 177 174. A randomized double-blind trial of upward progressive versus degressive compressive stockings in patients with moderate to severe chronic venous insufficiency - p. 178 175. Increased activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor pathway in varicose veins - p. 179 176. Endothelium-dependent nitric oxide and hyperpolarization-mediated venous relaxation pathways in rat inferior vena cava - p. 180 177. Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial on ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy combined with saphenofemoral ligation vs standard surgery for varicose veins - p. 181 178. Failure of microvenous valves in small superficial veins is a key to the skin changes of venous insufficiency - p. 182 179. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials Comparing Endovenous Ablation and Surgical Intervention in Patients with Varicose Vein - p. 184 180. Technical Notes - p. 185 181. A New Unibody Branched Stent-graft for Reconstruction of the Canine Aortic Arch - p. 186 182. Bidirectional endovascular treatment for chronic total occlusive lesions of the femoropopliteal arterial segment using a hand-carried ultrasound device and a retrograde microcatheter - p. 187 183. Miscellaneous - p. 188 184. How can good randomized controlled trials in leading journals be so misinterpreted? - p. 189 185. Operator-controlled Imaging Significantly Reduces Radiation Exposure during EVAR - p. 190 186. A comparison of 0 + 5 versus 5 + 2 applicants to vascular surgery training programs - p. 191 187. A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial of a Novel Vascular Sealant - p. 192 188. Therapeutic angiogenesis in patients with severe limb ischemia by transplantation of a combination stem cell product - p. 193 189. Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound and transient arterial occlusion for quantification of arterial perfusion reserve in peripheral arterial disease - p. 194 190. Evolving Patterns of Vascular Surgery Care in the United States: A Report from the American Board of Surgery - p. 195 191. Inhibition of experimental neointimal hyperplasia and neoatherosclerosis by local, stent-mediated delivery of everolimus - p. 196 192. Description and outcomes of a simple surgical technique to treat thrombosed autogenous accesses - p. 197 193. The influence of metabolic syndrome on hemodialysis access patency - p. 198 194. Frequency of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Artery Disease Surgery - p. 199 195. Diagnostic criteria for renovascular disease: where are we now? - p. 200