{"title":"Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Management","authors":"S. Khalil","doi":"10.2147/jvd.s196348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/jvd.s196348","url":null,"abstract":"and the duration of illness from the time of presentation to death was less than one year in 43.5% of patients, three years in 39.1% of patients, and three to twelve years in 17.4% of patients. Conclusion: EMF is a mysterious disease whose etiology is still unraveling. The af fl icted individuals are mostly young females and children who succumb to high rates of morbidity, and mortality from heart failure. Medical and surgical treatment are both practiced with results varying from temporary relief of symptoms to surgery with high mortality rates.","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/jvd.s196348","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47186163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Belramman, R. Bootun, S. Onida, A. Davies, T. Lane
{"title":"ClariVein®, mechanochemical endovenous ablation: patient selection and perspective","authors":"A. Belramman, R. Bootun, S. Onida, A. Davies, T. Lane","doi":"10.2147/jvd.s167491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/jvd.s167491","url":null,"abstract":"Amjad Belramman Roshan Bootun Sarah Onida Alun H Davies Tristan RA Lane 1Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; 2East of England Deanery Vascular Surgery Training Programme, Cambridge, UK; 3Imperial Vascular Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Abstract: The American Venous Forum and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommend endothermal ablation (ETA) techniques as the first line treatment for superficial venous incompetence. However, these techniques require the use of tumescent anaesthesia prior to energy delivery, which may be a source of discomfort for the patient and can prolong procedure time. Recently, nonthermal, nontumescent (NTNTs) techniques such as mechanochemical ablation (MOCA) have been developed to address some of the negative aspects associatedwith ETA. This article reviews this technique from a patient selection and perspective point view.","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/jvd.s167491","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48151249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superficial venous thrombosis in Behçet’s disease: a case report and a review of the literature","authors":"M. A. Ghembaza, A. Lounici","doi":"10.2147/JVD.S182929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/JVD.S182929","url":null,"abstract":"php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions 2018:6 15–18 Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions Dovepress","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/JVD.S182929","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44887585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effusive-constrictive pericarditis: current perspectives","authors":"B. Maisch","doi":"10.2147/JVD.S125950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/JVD.S125950","url":null,"abstract":": Effusive-constrictive pericarditis (ECP) is defined by concurrent pericardial effusion and pericardial constriction. Whereas the pericardial cavity is typically obliterated in patients with constrictive pericarditis without any effusion, in patients with ECP the scarred pericardium not only constricts the cardiac volume but can also put pericardial fluid under increased pressure, leading to signs suggestive of cardiac tamponade. These hemodynamic features can persist even after the pericardial effusion is removed. The underlying pathogenetic process predominantly involves the visceral pericardium or epicardium. It combines visceral pericardial constriction with pericardial inflammation. Its etiology may be as variable as the causes of effusive or constrictive pericardial disease, which may be infective (e.g., bacterial or viral), malignant or autoreactive. The label idiopathic ECP should be avoided and restricted to only those cases in whom, after thorough clinical and pathological workup including PCR for microbial agents in pericardial fluid and cardiac tissue from peri- and epicardial or endomyocardial biopsies and the assessment of autoimmune processes, no definite diagnosis can be made. Since a considerable number of ECP patients have an inflammatory and reversible pericardial reaction, they can improve under causal and/or anti-inflammatory treatment. The treatment should therefore be based first on eradicating the underlying etiological factors. If such a treatment course remains ineffective, pericardiectomy including the removal of the visceral pericardium is the remaining therapeutic option.","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/JVD.S125950","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47933253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Sizemore, Farhan S. Ayubi, B. Clark, D. Kellicut
{"title":"Ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection following iatrogenic femoral artery pseudoaneurysm: patient selection and perspectives","authors":"G. Sizemore, Farhan S. Ayubi, B. Clark, D. Kellicut","doi":"10.2147/JVD.S127255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/JVD.S127255","url":null,"abstract":"php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions 2018:6 1–5 Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions Dovepress","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2147/JVD.S127255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43114060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katelyn E Uithoven, Justin R Ryder, Roland Brown, Kyle D Rudser, Nicholas G Evanoff, Donald R Dengel, Aaron S Kelly
{"title":"Determination of Bilateral Symmetry of Carotid Artery Structure and Function in Children and Adolescents.","authors":"Katelyn E Uithoven, Justin R Ryder, Roland Brown, Kyle D Rudser, Nicholas G Evanoff, Donald R Dengel, Aaron S Kelly","doi":"10.2147/JVD.S123063","DOIUrl":"10.2147/JVD.S123063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We compared the symmetry of carotid arteries in youth with high-resolution ultrasound. Participants (n=230 (121 females),13.8 ± 2.9 years old) were assessed for: intima media thickness (cIMT), lumen diameter (cLD), incremental elastic modulus (cIEM), diameter compliance (cDC), cross-sectional compliance (cCSC), diameter distensibility (cDD), and cross-sectional distensibility (cCSD). No significant differences <i>(P</i> >0.05 all) were found for cIMT (0.49 ± 0.09 mm vs. 0.49 ± 0.08 mm), cIEM (1095 ± 382 mmHg vs. 1116 ± 346mmHg), cDC (0.01 ± 0.0 mm/mmHg vs. 0.01 ± 0.0 mm/mmHg), cCSC (0.01 ± 0.001/mmHg vs. 0.01 ± 0.001/mmHg), cDD (14.0 ± 3.16% vs. 13.7 ± 3.18%), and cCSD (30.1 ± 7.37% vs. 29.4 ± 7.36%). Significant differences were found for cLD (6.06 ± 0.62 mm vs. 6.33 ± 0.64 mm, <i>P</i> <0.001). These data suggest that these values may be used interchangeably if one side is inaccessible.</p>","PeriodicalId":92421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular diagnostics and interventions","volume":"5 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948187/pdf/nihms962306.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36098887","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}