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{"title":"Comparing and Correlating Outcomes between Open and Percutaneous Access in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in Aortic Aneurysms Using a Retrospective Cohort Study Design.","authors":"Peter DeVito,&nbsp;Ali Kimyaghalam,&nbsp;Sameh Shoukry,&nbsp;Robert DeVito,&nbsp;John Williams,&nbsp;Eashaa Kumar,&nbsp;Eugene Vitvitsky","doi":"10.1155/2020/8823039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8823039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This retrospective cohort study is aimed at determining the safety and efficacy between Femoral Open-Cutdown access and Percutaneous access with Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) by contrasting perioperative complication rates. We hypothesized that the percutaneous approach is a better alternative for aortic aneurysm patients as it is minimally invasive and has been demonstrated to decrease the length of hospital stay.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively reviewed data for patients undergoing EVAR between the years of 2005 and 2013. We then compared overall mortality, hematoma or seroma formation, graft infection, arterio-venous injury, distal embolization, limb loss, myocardial infarction or arrhythmia, and renal dysfunction. Results were demonstrated using a retrospective cohort study design to confirm the hematoma rate associated with EVAR open compared to percutaneous access.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our series involves 73 patients who underwent percutaneous access for EVAR (<i>n</i> = 49) or traditional open cutdown (<i>n</i> = 24). Percutaneous access resulted in significantly less hematoma formation when compared to the traditional open cutdown (4% vs. 12.5%; <i>p</i> < 0.059). Our analysis suggests decreased mortality rates associated with EVAR as compared to the Open-Cutdown method using Northside Medical Center's Study and the OVER Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study (<i>p</i> = 0.0053).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Percutaneous access for EVAR is safe and effective when compared to Open-Cutdown access for aortic aneurysm patients. Percutaneous access was associated with decreased rates of in-hospital mortality, hematoma formation, graft infection, and respiratory failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"8823039"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/8823039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38708522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interesting Scenarios during Radiofrequency Ablation of Varicose Veins at University Hospital of Nepal.","authors":"S Vaidya,&nbsp;R M Karmacharya,&nbsp;A K Singh,&nbsp;P Thapa","doi":"10.1155/2020/2035494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2035494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A varicose vein is a common venous condition which affects the great saphenous vein and small saphenous vein causing symptoms of pain, edema, itchiness, pigmentation, and ulceration. There are various modalities of the treatment of varicose veins; however, radiofrequency ablation is among the tested and proven treatments for varicose veins. With every case, there can be some unexpected or interesting scenarios which can pose both technical and surgical difficulties. The main objective of this paper is to introduce these scenarios which can occur despite following the standard protocol and methods both preoperatively and intraoperatively. In these scenarios, the surgeon quickly need to decide how to deal with the aberrations. Based on extensive literature and consensus of a team of three vascular surgeons, lists of interesting scenarios were prepared along with their definition. Any occurrences of such scenarios were noted in the operation theatre note. Here, we describe 39 (6.38%) interesting cases among 611 cases of radiofrequency ablation that was performed in Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, from January 2014 until December 2019. Despite following the proper protocol, we can face many unexpected challenges preoperatively, peroperatively, and postoperatively. From this article, we concluded that vigilance of all the factors and proper Doppler ultrasonography can help in identifying most of these scenarios and aid in making proper surgical planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"2035494"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/2035494","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38683909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the Correlation between Serum Concentrations of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Corrected TIMI Frame Count in Patients with Slow Coronary Flow.","authors":"Mahshid Naserifar,&nbsp;Mahshid Ataei,&nbsp;Nadia Behzadian,&nbsp;Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour,&nbsp;Mostafa Dastani,&nbsp;Amirhossein Sahebkar,&nbsp;Hesamoddin Hosseinjani","doi":"10.1155/2020/4592190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4592190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coronary slow flow (CSF) is an important angiographic entity that is characterized by delayed opacification of coronary arteries in the absence of epicardial occlusive disease. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase. Elevated levels of ADMA cause the induction of endothelial dysfunction and thus promote atherosclerosis. This study was aimed at determining the role of ADMA in the development of CSF. One hundred twenty-nine subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were enrolled in this study. According to coronary angiography results, these subjects were divided into five groups. The serum concentration of ADMA was measured in these subjects. In this study, there was no significant correlation between serum concentrations of ADMA and mean corrected TIMI frame count (CTFC) (<i>P</i> > 0.05). However, the ADMA level was significantly correlated with CTFC in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery in patients with CSF (<i>r</i> = -0.381, <i>P</i> = 0.045). Also, plasma ADMA levels were significantly higher in patients with CSF and without CAD compared to patients without CSF and with CAD (50-90%) (<i>P</i> = 0.034). Besides, serum concentrations of ADMA were significantly higher in subjects with BMI < 25 kg/m² compared with those having BMI > 30 kg/m² (<i>P</i> = 0.003). It was also shown that the levels of ADMA were significantly higher in subjects with age as a cardiovascular risk factor compared with those without this risk factor (<i>P</i> = 0.024). Further studies with larger population sizes are needed to confirm the present findings on the association between the serum concentrations of ADMA and CSF.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"4592190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/4592190","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38452351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Evaluating LA Volumes and Functions in Diabetic Normotensive Patients without Symptomatic Cardiovascular Disease.","authors":"Mohamed Hamza,&nbsp;Ahmed Mamdouh,&nbsp;Dina Ezzeldin,&nbsp;Adnan Tawfik,&nbsp;Ahmed Nayel","doi":"10.1155/2020/5923702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5923702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiovascular complications are the most serious threat to diabetic patients. Associated metabolic and microvascular changes are the main cause of cardiac function affection, and the earliest cardiac change is diastolic dysfunction. Assessment of LA function changes is a key to determine early heart damage of diabetic patients.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the effect of diabetes mellitus on left atrial volumes and functions by using real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in normotensive patients free from cardiovascular disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 110 individuals, 50 controls and 60 patients with diabetes mellitus, 30 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 30 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 2-dimensional echocardiography was used to assess the LA maximum volume and LA phasic volumes, and LA maximum volume indexed to body surface area were measured by 3D echocardiography. LA functions (LA total stroke volume, LA active stroke volume, and LA active emptying fraction) were obtained from RT3D volumetric analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the analysis revealed that type 2 diabetes mellitus showed enlarged <i>V</i> _max, <i>V</i> _min, and LAVi with an increased LA total stroke volume and decreased active emptying fraction, while type 1 diabetics showed only decreased in active emptying fraction. The LA maximum volume indexed to body surface area (LAVi) was significantly higher in type 2 diabetic patients as compared to normal controls which was 23.55 ± 3.37 ml/m² versus 20.30.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have an increased LA volume with impaired compliance and contractility, while patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus have only impaired contractility compared to nondiabetic subjects.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"5923702"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/5923702","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38376189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Serum Endothelin-1 Correlates with Myocardial Injury and Independently Predicts Adverse Cardiac Events in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction.","authors":"Anggoro Budi Hartopo,&nbsp;Indah Sukmasari,&nbsp;Ira Puspitawati,&nbsp;Budi Yuli Setianto","doi":"10.1155/2020/9260812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9260812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Serum endothelin-1 is increasingly released in acute myocardial infarction, by necrotic cardiomyocytes. In non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (Non-STEMI), increased serum endothelin-1 on-admission may have clinical significance during acute hospitalisation events.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study is to investigate whether increased serum endothelin-1 level predict adverse cardiac events in patients hospitalized with Non-STEMI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The design of this research was a prospective cohort study. Consecutive subjects with Non-STEMI undergoing symptom onset ≤24 hour were enrolled and observed during intensive hospitalization. Serum endothelin-1, troponin-I, and hs-C reactive protein were measured from peripheral blood taken on-admission. In-hospital adverse cardiac events were a composite of death, acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, reinfarction, and resuscitated VT/VF.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We enrolled 66 subjects. The incidence of in-hospital adverse cardiac events is 13.6% (10 out of 66 subjects). Serum endothelin-1 level was significantly higher in subjects with in-hospital adverse cardiac events. Subjects with endothelin-1 level >2.59 pg/mL independently predicted adverse cardiac events in hospitalised Non-STEMI patients (adjusted odds ratio 44.43, 95% confidence interval: 1.44-1372.99, <i>p</i> value 0.03). The serum endothelin-1 level was correlated with serum troponin I level (correlation coefficient of 0.413, <i>p</i> value 0.012).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Increased serum endothelin-1 on-admission correlated with increased troponin-I and independently predicted in-hospital adverse cardiac events in patients with Non-STEMI.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"9260812"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/9260812","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38300655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Coexistence of Smoking and Diabetes on the Coronary Artery Severity and Outcomes following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results from the 1^ST Jordanian PCI Registry.","authors":"Mohamad I Jarrah,&nbsp;Said Al-Khatib,&nbsp;Yousef Khader,&nbsp;Hanin N AlKharabsheh,&nbsp;Ayman Hammoudeh,&nbsp;Karem H Alzoubi,&nbsp;Nasr Alrabadi","doi":"10.1155/2020/7624158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7624158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Diabetes mellitus (DM) and smoking are highly prevalent among Middle Eastern patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used the analysis of the data from the first Jordanian PCI registry (JoPCR1) to determine the impact of coexistence of smoking and diabetes mellitus on the coronary artery severity and outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention in Middle Eastern patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 2426 patients enrolled, 1300 (53.6%) and 1055 (43.5%) were diabetics and smokers, respectively. The patients' age was 59.0 ± 10.1 and ranged between 24 and 95 years. Males comprised 79.4% of all patients. The patients were divided into four groups: nondiabetic-nonsmokers (22.2%), diabetic-nonsmokers (34.3%), nondiabetic-smokers (24.2%), and diabetic-smokers (19.2%). Compared with the other three groups, patients in the diabetic-nonsmoker group were older, more likely to be females, and having a higher prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, chronic renal disease, and history of CVD and revascularization. Consequently, the diabetic-nonsmoker patients (but not the diabetic-smokers) had a higher prevalence of multivessel CAD and PCI than the other three groups, highlighting the importance of other risk factors (age, gender, metabolic syndrome, and comorbidities) and not only smoking in predisposing for CAD. Furthermore, those patients had a higher incidence of ACS as an indication for PCI than the stable coronary disease (73% vs 27%) and the highest CRUSADE bleeding risk score (63.9%) among other groups. The in-hospital events including in-stent thrombosis and emergency CABG events did not significantly differ among groups (<i>p</i> = 0.5 and 0.22). Heart failure and major bleeding events occurred significantly higher among diabetic-nonsmokers compared to other groups. In-hospital deaths occurred significantly more among diabetic-nonsmokers. Moreover, the one-month and one-year follow-up outcome events (the mortality rate, in-stent thrombosis, readmission for ACS, coronary revascularization, and major bleedings) occurred more frequently in the diabetic-nonsmoker group. However, the difference was statistically significant only for major bleeding incidences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this analysis of a completed prospective Middle Eastern PCI registry, the majority of the diabetic-nonsmoker (and not the diabetic-smokers) patients (73%) presented with ACS. This group was the highest at risk for in-hospital PCI complications as well as the worst in outcomes after one year of follow-up. Those patients were more likely to be older, female, and have the worst cardiovascular baseline features, highlighting the importance of other risk factors (age, gender, metabolic syndrome, and comorbidities) and not only smoking in predisposing for CAD. Thus, more sufficient education about controllin","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"7624158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/7624158","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38178288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Atherosclerotic Extension of Carotid Arteries: An Insertion in Clinical Practice.","authors":"M L Furlanetto, E F B Chagas, Payão Slm","doi":"10.1155/2020/3120327","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2020/3120327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Atherosclerotic disease is a diffuse disease that is strongly associated with age, risk factors, and variable progression. The anatomical prevalence of atheromas does not always follow, a sequence by sectors, and in many cases are concomitant.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study is aimed at studying atherosclerosis in the arterial territories of the carotid and lower limbs, in order to correlate their extension as a form of primary prevention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participating patients with the main risk factors for atherosclerotic disease were composed of two groups: one with chronic peripheral obstructive arterial disease (PAD) and another without PAD. After performing carotid ultrasound Doppler (USD) of all patients, the occasional prevalence of the disease was evaluated. We performed by statistical tests the correlation between the findings in these patients and the risk factors. Obtaining <i>n</i> from 226 patients, in which 116 patients are from the PAD group and 110 patients are from the group without PAD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings add up to 8.8% for lesions over 50% in patients with PAD, with 6.2% over 70% meeting the few published scientific findings. In this study, the correlation was evaluated between carotid stenosis and PAD, in which we observed a positive association. We observed in the studies that the prevalence of moderate and severe carotid stenosis was similar to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). There are a number of nonclassical risk factors that we do not evaluate, but even studying the traditional ones, we find that they are less than 27% dependent.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Therefore, our study proposes an improvement in the clinical approach of patients with PAD for both the carotid and coronary territory, not using only 2 factors traditional risk factors, for the extension study and to consider the PAD that has 10% dependence alone, as effect and projection of the carotid atherosclerotic plaque.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"3120327"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/3120327","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38144994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lipoprotein Particle Predictors of Arterial Stiffness after 17 Years of Follow Up: The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study.","authors":"Jacob Hartz, Ronald M Krauss, Mikael Göttsater, Olle Melander, Peter Nilsson, Michele Mietus-Snyder","doi":"10.1155/2020/4219180","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2020/4219180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Central arterial stiffness is a surrogate of cardiovascular risk and predicts cardiovascular mortality. Apolipoprotein B lipoproteins are also established cardiovascular risk factors. It is not known whether specific lipoprotein subclasses measured in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study and previously shown to be associated with coronary heart disease also predict arterial stiffening after a mean period of 17 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Lipoprotein particle analysis was performed on 2,505 men and women from Malmö, Sweden, from 1991 to 1994, and arterial stiffness was assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (c-fPWV) on this same cohort from 2007 to 2012. Associations between c-fPWV and lipoprotein particles were determined with multiple linear regression, controlling for sex, presence of diabetes, waist-to-hip circumference, and smoking status at baseline, as well as heart rate (measured at the carotid artery), mean arterial pressure, antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications, C-reactive protein (CRP), and age at the time of c-fPWV measurement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results confirm that triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) but not low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) predict c-fPWV. We identify a positive predictive association for very small, small, and medium (high risk), but not large LDL particles. There was a negative association for large HDL particles. The relationships between c-fPWV and high-risk LDL particles were unaffected by adjusting for LDL-c or CRP and were only mildly attenuated by adjusting for the homeostatic model for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Due to the collinearity of very small, small, and medium LDL particles and dyslipidemia (elevated TG and decreased HDL-c), the observed relationship between c-fPWV and high-risk LDL particles became insignificant after controlling for the concentration of HDL-c, large cholesterol-rich HDL particles, and TG.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The development of central arterial stiffness previously associated with combined dyslipidemia may be mediated in part by LDL particles, particularly the very small-, small-, and medium-sized LDL particles.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"4219180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37938064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Comparison of Nailfold Capillaroscopy between Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls: Correlation with Laboratory and Clinical Parameters.","authors":"Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami,&nbsp;Navid Namazi,&nbsp;Raheleh Assari,&nbsp;Seyed-Reza Najafizadeh,&nbsp;Zohreh Hassannejad,&nbsp;Vahid Ziaee","doi":"10.1155/2020/7631958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7631958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nailfold capillaroscopy is a noninvasive technique to recognize peripheral microangiopathy, which is an important feature in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aims of the present study were to investigate the prevalence of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) changes in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE), find out patterns of these changes, and correlate findings with clinical and laboratory parameters.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-nine patients with SLE, all meeting the 1997 revised ACR criteria for SLE classification, and 30 healthy controls were included. A digital video camera was used to capture nailfold capillary images. Computerized image processing was used for analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Different abnormal NFC changes were observed with abnormal morphology, the increased diameter and abnormal loop densities in 55.1%, 93.9%, and 26.5% of the patients, respectively. No statistically significant differences were depicted between capillaroscopy with age, gender, autoantibodies (APLs, anti-ds DNA), antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, thrombotic angiopathy, renal function tests (Bun, Cr), and abnormal urine analysis. However, a significant correlation was found between the branched pattern and the CNS involvement group (<i>P</i> value <0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Different abnormal NFC changes are quite common among patients with SLE, and nailfold capillaroscopy is an effective method to monitor such changes. Treatment strategies may change in the branched pattern of nailfold capillaroscopy due to CNS involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"7631958"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/7631958","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37923432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is Nonmicronized Diosmin 600 mg as Effective as Micronized Diosmin 900 mg plus Hesperidin 100 mg on Chronic Venous Disease Symptoms? Results of a Noninferiority Study.","authors":"Marcio Steinbruch,&nbsp;Carlos Nunes,&nbsp;Romualdo Gama,&nbsp;Renato Kaufman,&nbsp;Gustavo Gama,&nbsp;Mendel Suchmacher Neto,&nbsp;Rafael Nigri,&nbsp;Natasha Cytrynbaum,&nbsp;Lisa Brauer Oliveira,&nbsp;Isabelle Bertaina,&nbsp;François Verrière,&nbsp;Mauro Geller","doi":"10.1155/2020/4237204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4237204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Phlebotonics have beneficial effects on some symptoms related to chronic venous disease (CVD) of the lower limbs. The most commonly used one is diosmin, available in a pure semisynthetic form or as a micronized purified flavonoid fraction. <i>Patients and Methods</i>. The primary objective of this single-blind, randomized, parallel-group, prospective study was to assess the clinical noninferiority of nonmicronized diosmin 600 mg once daily (D-group) compared to micronized diosmin 900 mg plus hesperidin 100 mg once daily (D/H-group) over a 6-month treatment period. Adult patients with a symptomatic CVD of the lower limbs (C0-C3 grade; 20-60 mm on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS)) were included. The primary endpoint was the change (from baseline to last postbaseline value) of the intensity of the lower-limb symptoms on VAS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>114 patients (mean age, 44.4 years; women, 90.4%) were randomized in the per-protocol analysis (D-group, <i>n</i> = 57; D/H-group, <i>n</i> = 57; D/H-group, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) in the D-group and -22.8 mm (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) in the D-group and -22.8 mm (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) in the D-group and -22.8 mm (.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nonmicronized diosmin 600 mg was proven to have a noninferior efficacy compared to micronized diosmin 900 mg plus hesperidin 100 mg, associated with greater ease in swallowing the tablet.</p>","PeriodicalId":14448,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vascular Medicine","volume":"2020 ","pages":"4237204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2020/4237204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37766814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}