AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1177/00033197261441898
Cihan Aydın, Aykut Demirkıran, Hüseyin Orta
{"title":"Letter: Beyond Traditional Risk Markers: Is FIB-4 Sufficient in MINOCA?","authors":"Cihan Aydın, Aykut Demirkıran, Hüseyin Orta","doi":"10.1177/00033197261441898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197261441898","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"33197261441898"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147626424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1177/00033197261441123
Xiongji Gong
{"title":"Letter: Prognostic Value of HALP Score in Predicting Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Elderly STEMI Patients.","authors":"Xiongji Gong","doi":"10.1177/00033197261441123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197261441123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"33197261441123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147626540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1177/00033197261441902
Aykut Demirkıran, Cihan Aydın, Hüseyin Orta, Mesut Engin
{"title":"Letter: Electromechanical Improvement Without Clinical Endpoints: How Far Can We Go?","authors":"Aykut Demirkıran, Cihan Aydın, Hüseyin Orta, Mesut Engin","doi":"10.1177/00033197261441902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197261441902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"33197261441902"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147626463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-03DOI: 10.1177/00033197261435380
Omer Dogan, Hasan Ali Barman, Abdullah Omer Ebeoglu, Sevval Ilke Ebeoglu, Ali Nayir, Melike Kaya, Adem Atici, Khayel Mirzayev, Okay Abaci, Murat Kazim Ersanli, Sait Mesut Dogan, Veysel Oktay
{"title":"Letter: Remnant Cholesterol as a Predictor of No-Reflow Phenomenon in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.","authors":"Omer Dogan, Hasan Ali Barman, Abdullah Omer Ebeoglu, Sevval Ilke Ebeoglu, Ali Nayir, Melike Kaya, Adem Atici, Khayel Mirzayev, Okay Abaci, Murat Kazim Ersanli, Sait Mesut Dogan, Veysel Oktay","doi":"10.1177/00033197261435380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197261435380","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"33197261435380"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147607975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1177/00033197251328773
Emine Altuntas, Abidin Emre Tırnaksız, Kadir Sadıkoğlu, Serkan Aslan, Gökhan Demirci, Ahmet Arif Yalcın, Ali Kemal Kalkan, Fatih Uzun, Ibrahim Faruk Aktürk, Omer Celik, Mehmet Ertürk
{"title":"Prognostic Value of the Triglycerides-glucose Index for Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Severe Aortic Stenosis Patients After TAVI.","authors":"Emine Altuntas, Abidin Emre Tırnaksız, Kadir Sadıkoğlu, Serkan Aslan, Gökhan Demirci, Ahmet Arif Yalcın, Ali Kemal Kalkan, Fatih Uzun, Ibrahim Faruk Aktürk, Omer Celik, Mehmet Ertürk","doi":"10.1177/00033197251328773","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197251328773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study aimed to evaluate whether the Triglycerides-Glucose (TyG) index has a prognostic value for major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), including stroke, necessity of pacemaker, acute kidney failure, and short-term all-cause mortality at 12 months, in aortic stenosis (AS) patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). A total of 380 patients who underwent TAVI due to severe AS were retrospectively included in the study. The main outcome of the study was MACEs at 12 months. The TyG index was found to be higher in TAVI patients who developed MACEs than in those who did not develop them. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that TyG (<i>P</i> < .001) was an independent predictor of MACEs in AS patients after TAVI. A TyG index value of >4.77 following TAVI had 50% sensitivity and 50% specificity (AUC [area under the curve]: 0.694, <i>P</i> < .001) for MACEs. This is the first study to show that a high pre-procedural TyG index has a predictive value for MACEs in AS patients undergoing TAVI.</p>","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"507-514"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143690952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages on the Survival Benefit of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Large Real-world Cohort Study.","authors":"Xiaozhao Lu, Jin Liu, Jingru Deng, Chenyang Wang, Yuqi Li, Jielan Wu, Ying Shi, Shiqun Chen, Ziyao Yuan, Ning Tan, Jiyan Chen, Yong Liu, Fei Gao","doi":"10.1177/00033197251324629","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197251324629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is prevalent among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and exacerbates myocardial ischemia. However, the survival benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) across different stages of CKD remains controversial. CAD patients (<i>n</i> = 17,418) with CKD (mean age, 69.5 ± 9.9 years; 70.9% male) were included in the Cardiorenal Improvement II cohort from 2007 to 2020. Patients were grouped by PCI or medical treatment and further categorized by stages 3a-5 CKD. Multivariable Cox regression was performed to investigate the associations of cardiovascular- and all-cause mortality with PCI and CKD stage, and to compare predictors of outcomes in patients stratified by advanced CKD. During a median follow-up of 4.2 years, 4605 (26.4%) participants died. Compared with medical treatment, PCI was not associated with improved survival benefit among patients with stage 3b-5 CKD (all <i>P</i> > .05). Among patients with advanced CKD, hypertension, hyperfibrinogenemia and moderate-severe malnutrition were more significantly associated with increased cardiovascular mortality with relatively high attributable risk. PCI was not associated with a survival advantage among patients with advanced CKD. Hypertension, hyperfibrinogenemia and malnutrition may contribute to poor prognosis in patients with advanced kidney disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"468-478"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Hospital Volume on Procedural Failure of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Limb Ischemia: The Japanese Nationwide Endovascular Therapy Registry.","authors":"Takuya Haraguchi, Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Osamu Iida, Shun Kohsaka, Hideki Ishii, Masato Nakamura, Tetsuya Amano, Tsutomu Fujita, Ken Kozuma","doi":"10.1177/00033197251333872","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197251333872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endovascular therapy (EVT) is increasingly used to treat acute limb ischemia (ALI), a condition with high risks of limb loss and mortality. While high hospital volumes are linked with better outcomes in chronic lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD), the impact of hospital volume on ALI outcomes remains unclear. This study evaluated the relationship between hospital volume and procedure failure in ALI. Data from 3437 ALI patients undergoing EVT at 464 hospitals, sourced from the Japanese Endovascular Therapy (J-EVT) registry (2017-2022), were analyzed. Hospital volume was defined as the number of EVTs performed for LEAD at each hospital in the prior year. Propensity score matching (1:1) adjusted the baseline characteristics between low-volume (<53 cases/year) and non-low-volume hospitals. The primary outcome was procedural failure, defined as residual stenosis >30%. Secondary outcomes were perioperative complications. Low-volume hospitals had a significantly higher rate of procedural failure (11.7% vs 8.0%, <i>P</i> = .008), but perioperative complication rates were similar (6.6% vs 5.4%, <i>P</i> = .35). Generalized propensity score analysis confirmed a strong inverse correlation between hospital volume and procedural failure. Higher hospital volumes were associated with better EVT procedural outcomes for ALI, highlighting the importance of centralized care in non-low-volume hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"479-487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143964837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1177/00033197241313254
Noritsugu Naito, Hisato Takagi
{"title":"Comparative Efficacy of Antithrombotic Strategies in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: A Network Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Noritsugu Naito, Hisato Takagi","doi":"10.1177/00033197241313254","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197241313254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This meta-analysis evaluates outcomes in patients undergoing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (bAVR), comparing different antithrombotic strategies. We conducted a systematic search through May 2024. A standard meta-analysis compared outcomes between patients who received anticoagulation therapy (AC) and those who did not. Therapeutic categories were subdivided into four groups: AC alone, AC with antiplatelet therapy (AP), AP alone, and no antithrombotic therapy. A network meta-analysis was performed for these categories. The review included 16 studies, comprising a total of 59,054 patients. There was no significant difference in all-cause mortality rates (HR: hazard ratio [95% CI: confidence interval] = 0.98 [0.77-1.25], <i>P</i> = .88) or thromboembolic events (HR [95% CI] = 0.91 [0.65-1.28], <i>P</i> = .60) between patients with and without AC. However, bleeding events were significantly higher in patients receiving AC (HR [95% CI] = 1.55 [1.20-2.00], <i>P</i> < .01). Network meta-analysis showed that AP alone was associated with lower mortality rates compared with other therapeutic categories. Additionally, AP alone was associated with fewer bleeding events compared with AC alone and AC with AP. This meta-analysis suggests that AP alone in patients undergoing bAVR is associated with superior outcomes compared with other antithrombotic strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"426-438"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142998914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AngiologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-06-18DOI: 10.1177/00033197251350184
Hüseyin Karaaslan, Hasan İnan, Ali Nizami Elmas
{"title":"Letter: Response to Comment on: \"The Association Between Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and the Triglyceride-Glucose Index in Prediabetic Obese Patients\".","authors":"Hüseyin Karaaslan, Hasan İnan, Ali Nizami Elmas","doi":"10.1177/00033197251350184","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197251350184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"522-523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endovenous Glue Induced Venous Thrombosis: Single Center Outcomes and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Nedaa Skeik, Kiahltone Thao, Rami Musallam, Mahdi Hurreh, Evan Walser-Kuntz, Jesse Manunga","doi":"10.1177/00033197251319602","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00033197251319602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chemical adhesive closure (CAC) has comparable efficacy to thermal ablation but with faster recovery. Endovenous glue-induced thrombosis (EGIT) is a rare complication after CAC with lacking data regarding the prevalence and potential associations with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). A retrospective chart analysis of patients treated with CAC at our institution between January 2018 and May 2022 was completed. Data collected included demographics, site and severity of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), procedure details and outcomes at follow up visit. A comprehensive literature search of PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane was then conducted on December 2022, to include all studies that reported EGIT cases. The search generated 19 previous studies with a total of 2101 patients treated using CAC. The pooled prevalence rate of EGIT across these studies was 1.2% (95% CI: 0.3%-2.1%, I<sup>2</sup> = 61.1%). There were two reported cases of CAC-related DVT and no related cases of PE. In our patient cohort, age, treated vein size or procedure complexity were not significantly associated with increased risk of EGIT. CAC is an effective treatment for CVI with a low prevalence of EGIT. There were two reported cases of CAC-related DVT and no PE.</p>","PeriodicalId":8264,"journal":{"name":"Angiology","volume":" ","pages":"439-447"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}