Year Book of Vascular Surgery 2015

1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. 1. Basic Considerations - p. 9 5. Castration of male mice prevents the progression of established angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 10 6. Paclitaxel coating on the terminal portion of hemodialysis grafts effectively suppresses neointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model - p. 11 7. The essential role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation in insulin-mediated neuroprotection against ischemic stroke in diabetes - p. 12 8. Identification and characterization of microRNAs in vascular smooth muscle cells from patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 13 9. Exposure to Parental Smoking in Childhood is Associated with Increased Risk of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study - p. 14 10. CD34 affinity pheresis attenuates a surge among circulating progenitor cells following vascular injury - p. 15 11. Acute reductions in mechanical wall strain precede the formation of intimal hyperplasia in a murine model of arterial occlusive disease - p. 16 12. Galectin-3, Carotid Plaque Vulnerability, and Potential Effects of Statin Therapy - p. 17 13. Activation of the Proapoptotic Unfolded Protein Response in Plaques of the Human Carotid Artery - p. 18 14. Predicting Carotid Artery Disease and Plaque Instability from Cell-Derived Microparticles - p. 19 15. Associations of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 concentrations with carotid atherosclerosis, based on measurements of plaque and intima–media thickness - p. 20 16. 2. Epidemiology - p. 21 17. Epidemiology of peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischemia in an insured national population - p. 22 18. Shifting abdominal aortic aneurysm mortality trends in The Netherlands - p. 26 19. 3. Vascular Laboratory - p. 27 20. Six-minute walk test closely correlates to “real-life” outdoor walking capacity and quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication - p. 28 21. Applicability of global positioning system for the assessment of walking ability in patients with arterial claudication - p. 29 22. Duplex ultrasound diagnosis of failing stent grafts placed for occlusive disease - p. 31 23. Calf volume changes with venous occlusion air plethysmography in assessment of patients after deep venous thrombosis - p. 32 24. Can and should carotid ultrasound be used in cardiovascular risk assessment? The internist's perspective - p. 33 25. 4. Perioperative Considerations - p. 34 26. Preoperative smoking is associated with early graft failure after infrainguinal bypass surgery - p. 35 27. Functional status of elderly adults before and after interventions for critical limb ischemia - p. 37 28. Iliofemoral complications associated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair: Frequency, risk factors, and early and late outcomes - p. 38 29. Aspirin responsiveness safely lowers perioperative cardiovascular risk - p. 39 30. Assessing Readmission After General, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery Using ACS-NSQIP - p. 40 31. 5. Grafts Complications - p. 41 32. The use of cryopreserved aortoiliac allograft for aortic reconstruction in the United States - p. 42 33. Defining utility and predicting outcome of cadaveric lower extremity bypass grafts in patients with critical limb ischemia - p. 43 34. Increased minimum vein diameter on preoperative mapping with duplex ultrasound is associated with arteriovenous fistula maturation and secondary patency - p. 45 35. One-year patency rate of native arteriovenous fistulas reconstructed by vascular stripping in hemodialysis patients with venous neointimal hyperplasia - p. 46 36. 6. Aortic Aneurysm - p. 47 37. Aortic biomechanics by magnetic resonance: Early markers of aortic disease in Marfan syndrome regardless of aortic dilatation? - p. 48 38. Critical analysis of results after chimney endovascular aortic aneurysm repair raises cause for concern - p. 49 39. Family Members of Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms are at Increased Risk for Aneurysms: Analysis of 618 Probands and their Families from the Liège AAA Family Study - p. 50 40. Hypogastric and subclavian artery patency affects onset and recovery of spinal cord ischemia associate with aortic endografting - p. 51 41. Molecular diagnosis in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome predicts pattern of arterial involvement and outcomes - p. 52 42. Surgical Management of Aortitis with Early Aneurysmal Dilation - p. 53 43. A comparison of open surgery versus endovascular repair of unstable ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 54 44. A novel endovascular debranching technique using physician-assembled endografts for repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms - p. 55 45. Abdominal compartment syndrome associated with endovascular and open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 56 46. Acute bilateral renal artery chimney stent thrombosis after endovascular repair of a juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm - p. 57 47. Acute kidney injury defined according to the ‘Risk,’ ‘Injury,’ ‘Failure,’ ‘Loss,’ and ‘End-stage’ (RIFLE) criteria after repair for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm - p. 58 48. Ambulatory percutaneous endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair - p. 59 49. Biomechanics and gene expression in abdominal aortic aneurysm - p. 60 50. Castration of male mice prevents the progression of established angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 61 51. Comparative safety of endovascular and open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in low-risk male patients - p. 62 52. Custom fenestration templates for endovascular repair of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms - p. 63 53. Debate: Whether evidence supports reducing the threshold diameter to 5 cm for elective interventions in women with abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 64 54. Durability and survival are similar after elective endovascular and open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in younger patients - p. 65 55. Early and delayed rupture after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a 10-year multicenter registry - p. 66 56. Early versus late experience in fenestrated endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm - p. 69 57. Endovascular Repair with Chimney Technique for Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysm: A Single Center Experience - p. 70 58. Failure to rescue trends in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair between 1995 and 2011 - p. 71 59. Fate of Patients Unwilling or Unsuitable To Undergo Surgical Intervention for a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - p. 72 60. Fenestrated endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms is associated with increased morbidity but comparable mortality with infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair - p. 73 61. Finite Element Analysis in Asymptomatic, Symptomatic, and Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: In Search of New Rupture Risk Predictors - p. 74 62. Geometry and respiratory-induced deformation of abdominal branch vessels and stents after complex endovascular aneurysm repair - p. 75 63. In patients stratified by preoperative risk, endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms has a lower in-hospital mortality and morbidity than open repair - p. 76 64. Intra-operative Cone Beam Computed Tomography can Help Avoid Reinterventions and Reduce CT Follow up after Infrarenal EVAR - p. 77 65. Outcomes of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in high-risk patients - p. 78 66. Outcomes of fenestrated endovascular repair of juxtarenal aortic aneurysm - p. 79 67. Part One: For the Motion. EVAR Offers No Survival Benefit over Open Repair for the Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - p. 80 68. Part Two: Against the Motion. EVAR Offers No Survival Benefit over Open Repair for the Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - p. 81 69. Prospective Evaluation of Post-implantation Inflammatory Response After EVAR for AAA: Influence on Patients' 30 Day Outcome - p. 82 70. Readmissions after complex aneurysm repair are frequent, costly, and primarily at nonindex hospitals - p. 83 71. Results of the United States multicenter prospective study evaluating the Zenith fenestrated endovascular graft for treatment of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 84 72. Role of type II endoleak in sac regression after endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms - p. 86 73. Rupture rates of untreated large abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients unfit for elective repair - p. 87 74. The compatibility of p-branch “off-the-shelf” fenestrated endovascular graft in Asian patients with juxtarenal aortic aneurysm - p. 88 75. Type Ia endoleaks after fenestrated and branched endografts may lead to component instability and increased aortic mortality - p. 89 76. 7. Nonatherosclerotic - p. 90 77. The United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia: New Findings and Breaking Myths - p. 91 78. Major adverse maternal cardiovascular-related events in those with aortopathies. What should we expect? - p. 92 79. 8. Thoracic Aorta - p. 93 80. Endovascular strategies for treatment of embolizing thoracoabdominal aortic lesions - p. 94 81. A clinical decision model for selecting the most appropriate therapy for uncomplicated chronic dissections of the descending aorta - p. 95 82. Aortic remodeling after endovascular treatment of complicated type B aortic dissection with the use of a composite device design - p. 96 83. Diabetics Are Less Likely to Develop Thoracic Aortic Dissection: A 10-Year Single-Center Analysis - p. 97 84. Early experience with off-the-shelf endografts using a zone 0 proximal landing site to treat the ascending aorta and arch - p. 98 85. Editor's Choice – Treatment Decisions for Descending Thoracic Aneurysm: Preferences for Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair or Surveillance in a Discrete Choice Experiment - p. 99 86. Editor's Choice – Temporary Aneurysm Sac Perfusion as an Adjunct for Prevention of Spinal Cord Ischemia After Branched Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms - p. 100 87. Five-year results for endovascular repair of acute complicated type B aortic dissection - p. 101 88. Follow-up outcomes of hybrid procedures for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies with special focus on graft patency and late mortality - p. 102 89. Global experience with an inner branched arch endograft - p. 103 90. Preoperative percutaneous coronary intervention in patients undergoing open thoracoabdominal and descending thoracic aneurysm repair - p. 104 91. Severe visceral ischemia and death after multilayer stent deployment for the treatment of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm - p. 105 92. Use of a novel hybrid vascular graft for sutureless revascularization of the renal arteries during open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair - p. 106 93. Variation in Maximum Diameter Measurements of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Using Unformatted Planes versus Images Corrected to Aortic Centerline - p. 107 94. Aortic arch debranching and thoracic endovascular repair - p. 108 95. Aortic arch rupture after multiple multilayer stent treatment of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm - p. 109 96. Assessment of abdominal branch vessel patency after bare-metal stenting of the thoracoabdominal aorta in a human ex vivo model of acute type B aortic dissection - p. 110 97. Contemporary management of symptomatic primary aortic mural thrombus - p. 111 98. Emergency endovascular stent grafting in acute complicated type B dissection - p. 112 99. Endovascular longitudinal fenestration and stent graft placement for treatment of aneurysms developing after chronic type B aortic dissection - p. 113 100. Hybrid endovascular repair of a dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm with stent graft implantation through the false lumen - p. 114 101. Mid-term Outcomes and Aortic Remodelling After Thoracic Endovascular Repair for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Aortic Dissection: The VIRTUE Registry - p. 115 102. Outcomes after false lumen embolization with covered stent devices in chronic dissection - p. 116 103. Short-term Outcome of Spinal Cord Ischemia after Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms - p. 117 104. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair in management of aortoesophageal fistulas - p. 118 105. 9. Leg Ischemia - p. 119 106. Retrograde pedal access for patients with critical limb ischemia - p. 120 107. Risk factors for readmission after lower extremity bypass in the American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program - p. 121 108. Objective measurement of lower extremity function and quality of life after surgical revascularization for critical lower extremity ischemia - p. 122 109. Race and gender affect outcomes of lower extremity bypass - p. 123 110. Open bypass and endovascular procedures among diabetic foot ulcer cases in the United States from 2001 to 2010 - p. 124 111. Patients carrying CYP2C19 loss of function alleles have a reduced response to clopidogrel therapy and a greater risk of in-stent restenosis after endovascular treatment of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease - p. 125 112. An early validation of the Society for Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Threatened Limb Classification System - p. 126 113. Lower extremity autologous vein bypass for critical limb ischemia is not adversely affected by prior endovascular procedure - p. 128 114. Bayesian network meta-analysis of nitinol stents, covered stents, drug-eluting stents, and drug-coated balloons in the femoropopliteal artery - p. 131 115. Cilostazol is associated with improved outcomes after peripheral endovascular interventions - p. 134 116. Outcomes of covered versus bare-metal balloon-expandable stents for aortoiliac occlusive disease - p. 135 117. Routine use of completion imaging after infrainguinal bypass is not associated with higher bypass graft patency - p. 136 118. Endovascular treatment of lesions in the below-knee popliteal artery - p. 139 119. Determinants of invasive treatment in lower extremity peripheral arterial disease - p. 140 120. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty versus primary stenting in infrapopliteal arterial disease: A meta-analysis of randomized trials - p. 143 121. Surgical vein graft preparation promotes cellular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and intimal hyperplasia in human saphenous vein - p. 145 122. Clinical significance of embolic events in patients undergoing endovascular femoropopliteal interventions with or without embolic protection devices - p. 146 123. Impact of severe chronic kidney disease on outcomes of infrainguinal peripheral arterial intervention - p. 147 124. Surgical vein graft preparation promotes cellular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and intimal hyperplasia in human saphenous vein - p. 148 125. Safety and feasibility of adjunctive dexamethasone infusion into the adventitia of the femoropopliteal artery following endovascular revascularization - p. 149 126. Walking disability in patients with peripheral artery disease is associated with arterial endothelial function - p. 150 127. Pedal bypass surgery after crural endovascular intervention - p. 151 128. Endovascular recanalization of infrapopliteal occlusions in patients with critical limb ischemia - p. 152 129. Utility of direct angiosome revascularization and runoff scores in predicting outcomes in patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia - p. 153 130. The effect of graft configuration on 30-day failure of infrapopliteal bypasses - p. 154 131. Open versus endoscopic great saphenous vein harvest for lower extremity revascularization of critical limb ischemia - p. 155 132. Presentation, treatment, and outcome differences between men and women undergoing revascularization or amputation for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease - p. 156 133. Primary stenting of femoropopliteal atherosclerotic lesions using new helical interwoven nitinol stents - p. 157 134. Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease - p. 158 135. Independence and mobility after infrainguinal lower limb bypass surgery for critical limb ischemia - p. 159 136. Mortality rates and mortality predictors in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease stratified according to age and diabetes - p. 160 137. Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein graft harvest for lower extremity bypass in critical limb ischemia - p. 161 138. Incidence, predictors, and prognosis of in-stent occlusion after endovascular treatment with nitinol stents for femoropopliteal lesions - p. 162 139. Outcomes of endovascular lower extremity interventions depend more on indication than physician specialty - p. 163 140. Endovascular-first approach is not associated with worse amputation-free survival in appropriately selected patients with critical limb ischemia - p. 164 141. Atherectomy offers no benefits over balloon angioplasty in tibial interventions for critical limb ischemia - p. 165 142. Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire-6 facilitates health-related quality of life assessment in peripheral arterial disease - p. 166 143. Early graft failure after infrainguinal arterial bypass - p. 167 144. Determinants of Outcome after Endovascular Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia with Tissue Loss - p. 168 145. Correlation of Patient-reported Symptom Outcomes and Treadmill Test Outcomes after Treatment for Aortoiliac Claudication - p. 169 146. Outcomes of endovascular lower extremity interventions depend more on indication than physician specialty - p. 170 147. Effect of Progenitor Cell Mobilization With Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial - p. 171 148. 10. Upper Extremity - p. 172 149. Percutaneous Angioplasty Using a Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Improves Target Lesion Restenosis on Inflow Lesions of Autogenous Radiocephalic Fistulas: A Pilot Study - p. 173 150. Vascular remodeling and intimal hyperplasia in a novel murine model of arteriovenous fistula failure - p. 174 151. Comparison of Surgical and Endovascular Salvage Procedures for Juxta-anastomotic Stenosis in Autogenous Wrist Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistula - p. 175 152. Value of doppler ultrasonography in the study of hemodialysis peripheral vascular access dysfunction - p. 176 153. In vitro hemodynamic model of the arm arteriovenous circulation to study hemodynamics of native arteriovenous fistula and the distal revascularization and interval ligation procedure - p. 177 154. Prospective, randomized study of cutting balloon angioplasty versus conventional balloon angioplasty for the treatment of hemodialysis access stenoses - p. 178 155. 11. Carotid and Cerebrovascular Disease - p. 179 156. Treatment of Symptomatic Aberrant Subclavian Arteries - p. 180 157. Predicting Carotid Artery Disease and Plaque Instability from Cell-derived Microparticles - p. 181 158. Twenty-Four Hour Staged Carotid Endarterectomy Followed by Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting for Patients With Concomitant Carotid and Coronary Disease - p. 182 159. Female Sex Does Not Influence 30-Day Stroke and Mortality Rates after Carotid Endarterectomy - p. 183 160. Effects of Extracranial Carotid Stenosis on Intracranial Blood Flow - p. 184 161. Clinical and Imaging Features Associated with an Increased Risk of Late Stroke in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Disease - p. 185 162. Outcomes of urgent carotid endarterectomy for stable and unstable acute neurologic deficits - p. 186 163. Statins Reduce Peri-procedural Complications in Carotid Stenting - p. 187 164. Carotid Restenosis After Endarterectomy and Stenting: A Critical Issue? - p. 188 165. 12. Vascular Trauma - p. 189 166. Effectiveness of Collateral Vein Embolization for Salvage of Immature Native Arteriovenous Fistulas - p. 190 167. Characteristics and clinical outcome in patients after popliteal artery injury - p. 191 168. Outcomes after endovascular repair of arterial trauma - p. 192 169. Trends and outcomes of endovascular therapy in the management of civilian vascular injuries - p. 193 170. Management and outcomes of blunt common and external iliac arterial injuries - p. 194 171. Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in association with craniocervical distraction injuries: a retrospective review of consecutive cases - p. 195 172. A Shift Toward Endovascular Repair for Vascular Complications in Lumbar Disc Surgery During the Last Decade - p. 196 173. Applying peripheral vascular injury guidelines to penetrating trauma - p. 197 174. Common Femoral Vein Reconstruction Using Internal Jugular Vein after Blast Injury - p. 198 175. Comparison of military and civilian popliteal artery trauma outcomes - p. 199 176. Endovascular Repair of Acute Traumatic Aortic Injury: Experience of a Level-1 Trauma Center - p. 200 177. Intravascular ultrasound is a critical tool for accurate endograft sizing in the management of blunt thoracic aortic injury - p. 201 178. Patient-based outcomes and quality of life after salvageable wartime extremity vascular injury - p. 202 179. Pediatric vascular injury: experience of a level 1 trauma center - p. 203 180. The effect of extremity vascular complications on the outcomes of cardiac support device recipients - p. 204 181. To Shunt or Not to Shunt? An Experimental Study Comparing Temporary Vascular Shunts and Venous Ligation as Damage Control Techniques for Vascular Trauma - p. 205 182. Tourniquet use for peripheral vascular injuries in the civilian setting - p. 206 183. UK combat-related pelvic junctional vascular injuries 2008–2011: Implications for future intervention - p. 207 184. Vascular Injury Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Winter Sports Trauma - p. 208 185. 13. Venous Thrombosis - p. 209 186. Inferior Vena Cava Filter Usage, Complications, and Retrieval Rate in Cancer Patients - p. 210 187. Prevalence and Clinical Consequences of Fracture and Fragment Migration of the Bard G2 Filter: Imaging and Clinical Follow-up in 684 Implantations - p. 211 188. Comparison of Complication Rates Associated with Permanent and Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters: A Review of the MAUDE Database - p. 212 189. A multicenter randomized controlled trial evaluating balneotherapy in patients with advanced chronic venous insufficiency - p. 213 190. Compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic syndrome: a randomised placebo-controlled trial - p. 214 191. Editor's choice - Efficacy and Safety of the New Oral Anticoagulants Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, and Edoxaban in the Treatment and Secondary Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Phase III Trials - p. 215 192. Higher soluble P-selectin is associated with chronic venous insufficiency: The San Diego Population Study - p. 216 193. Low-molecular-weight heparin modulates vein wall fibrotic response in a plasminogen activator inhibitor 1-dependent manner - p. 217 194. Recanalization and flow regulate venous thrombus resolution and matrix metalloproteinase expression in vivo - p. 218 195. Role of compression stockings after endovenous laser therapy for primary varicosis - p. 219 196. The real cost of treating venous ulcers in a contemporary vascular practice - p. 220 197. Therapeutic Effect of Compression Stockings Versus no Compression on Isolated Superficial Vein Thrombosis of the Legs: A Randomized Clinical Trial - p. 221 198. 14. Chronic Venous - p. 222 199. A Randomized Trial Comparing Treatments for Varicose Veins - p. 223 200. Biomechanical comparison between mono-, bi-, and tricuspid valve architectures - p. 224 201. Catheter-directed Foam Sclerotherapy of Great Saphenous Veins in Combination with Pre-treatment Reduction of the Diameter Employing the Principals of Perivenous Tumescent Local Anesthesia - p. 225 202. Compression Therapy Versus Surgery in the Treatment of Patients with Varicose Veins: A RCT - p. 226 203. Endovenous Laser Ablation of Great Saphenous Veins Performed Using Tumescent Cold Saline Solution without Local Anesthesia - p. 227 204. Improvement of Venous Pumping Function by Double Progressive Compression Stockings: Higher Pressure Over the Calf is More Important Than a Graduated Pressure Profile - p. 228 205. Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Reflux in the General Population: Edinburgh Vein Study - p. 229 206. Mechanochemical endovenous ablation for the treatment of great saphenous vein insufficiency - p. 230 207. Patient-reported outcomes 5–8 years after ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins - p. 231 208. Reflux in the below-knee great saphenous vein can be safely treated with endovenous ablation - p. 232 209. The effect of single phlebectomies of a large varicose tributary on great saphenous vein reflux - p. 233 210. The Incidence and Outcome of Endothermal Heat-induced Thrombosis after Endovenous Laser Ablation - p. 234 211. Characterization of a Bioprosthetic Bicuspid Venous Valve Hemodynamics: Implications for Mechanism of Valve Dynamics - p. 235 212. Donning Devices (Foot Slips and Frames) Enable Elderly People with Severe Chronic Venous Insufficiency to put on Compression Stockings - p. 236 213. Endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery in the treatment of small saphenous vein incompetence - p. 237 214. Factors that influence perforator thrombosis and predict healing with perforator sclerotherapy for venous ulceration without axial reflux - p. 238 215. Progression of varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency in the general population in the Edinburgh Vein Study - p. 239 216. Influence of Manual Lymphatic Drainage on Health-Related Quality of Life and Symptoms of Chronic Venous Insufficiency: A Randomized Controlled Trial - p. 240 217. 15. Visceral Renal - p. 241 218. Anatomic characteristics and natural history of renal artery aneurysms during longitudinal imaging surveillance - p. 242 219. Early and Long-term Results after Reconstructive Surgery in 42 Children and Two Young Adults with Renovascular Hypertension due to Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Middle Aortic Syndrome - p. 243 220. Ex vivo renal artery reconstruction for complex renal artery disease - p. 244 221. Management strategy for spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery based on morphologic classification - p. 245 222. Multiple overlapping uncovered stents as an alternative flow-diverting strategy in the management of peripheral and visceral aneurysms - p. 246 223. Open repair, endovascular repair, and conservative management of true splenic artery aneurysm - p. 247 224. Options for treatment of spontaneous mesenteric artery dissection - p. 248 225. Segmental Arterial Mediolysis: A Systematic Review of 85 Cases - p. 249 226. The contemporary management of renal artery aneurysms - p. 250 227. 16. Miscellaneous - p. 251 228. Radiation-induced skin injury after complex endovascular procedures - p. 252 229. Arterial Closure Devices for Treatment of Inadvertent Large-Caliber Catheter Insertion Into the Subclavian or Carotid Artery: A Case Series of Five Patients - p. 253 230. New Aspects on the Metabolic Role of Intestinal Microbiota in the Development of Atherosclerosis - p. 254