Introduction. Critical limb ischemia (CLI), which arises from atherosclerotic lesions of the arteries is quite often presently. This problem is actively discussed all over the world. In addition to the disability of the patients due to limb loss, the death rate from this disease is comparable to mortality from malignant tumors. Objective. Evaluate immediate and long-term results and optimize treatment tactics for patients with critical limb ischemia in multilevel lesions of lower limb arteries. Materials and methods. The examination and treatment of patients with CLI was carried out in the Research Institute of Surgery and Urgent Medicine of the First State Medical University of Saint-Petersburg named by I. P. Pavlov, as well as on the basis of the City Clinical Hospital «City Hospital No. 14» and St. Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Care named by I. I. Dzhanelidze in the period from 2005 to 2016. The study is conducted in patients with atherosclerotic lesion of the main arteries of the lower extremities, which manifests itself as pain at rest and/or tissue loss (stage 3-4 of chronic arterial insufficiency of the limb according to Fontein-Pokrovsky classification). Results. Clinical success of all kinds of interventions was achieved in 166 (88.8 %) patients. However, the negative results were greater in the group where only angioplasty of the lower limb arteries was performed. Long-term results could be traced in 108 (57.8 %) patients for 6 months - 5 years. If we consider all groups as a whole, then the aggravation of ischemia occurred in endovascular intervention group in 62 % of patients, in the group of bypass operations - in 19.61 %, and in the group of hybrid interventions - in 17.65 %. Conclusion. Hybrid methods of treatment are the method of choice for patients with stage 4 ischemia of the lower limb with multilevel lesions of lower extremity arteries. Open surgery on the arteries of the lower extremities remains a very effective method of treating patients with critical ischemia. In turn, the use of endovascular methods is advisable in patients with severe concomitant pathology.
Coronary artery bypass grafting is one of the most common surgeries performed among all elective cardiac surgery operations. Starting from the first operations, thrombosis not only in the coronary arteries, but also in the venous system was the subject of attention. Over the past two decades it has become evident that the hypercoagulable state, or socalled thrombophilia is multifactorial, genetically determined disorder of the hemostatic system. This article provides an overview of studies on the role of genetic polymorphisms in the development of thrombosis after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Background: This retrospective comparative cohort study evaluated the clinical outcome of angiosome-guided endovascular arterial reconstructions in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) due to multilevel peripheral artery disease (PAD). Methods: Patients treated in an endovascular fashion for CLTI with tissue loss due to multilevel PAD were analyzed. Limbs were classified as having undergone either angiosome-guided (direct) revascularization (DR) or nonangiosomic (indirect) revascularization (IR). DR was defined as uninterrupted in-line flow to the affected angiosome, revascularization through the pedal arch was also considered direct. Groups were adjusted with propensity score (PS) matching and compared for amputation-free survival (AFS), freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE), and healing rate at 12 months. Results: A total of 174 patients (81 men, mean age 70.0 ± 10.4 y) were included. PS matching produced two groups of 55 patients each: DR (24 men, mean age 71.7 ± 10.7 y) and IR (26 men, mean age 72.0 ± 9.4 y). The matched groups had no significant differences in baseline variables. At 12 months there were no significant differences in AFS (73.2% vs 71.6%; p = 0.841), freedom from MALE (71.7% vs 66.1%; p = 0.617), and healing rate (72.7% vs 72.0%; p = 1.000) between DR and IR, respectively. Conclusion: This study failed to support the use of angiosome concept in CLTI due to multilevel disease.
the latest primary care consultation and CV assessment are shown in Table 1. Whilst 2175 (66.7%) underwent a primary care consultation within 7-30 days of index, only 416 (12.8%) had a CV-assessment during the same period. Furthermore, 2073 (63.6%) patients had no CV-assessment within the 3 months prior to their amputation. Of this group, 1230 (59.3%) still underwent a primary care consultation for another reason in the 7-30 days prior to their amputation. Conclusion: 'Missed opportunities' for timely diagnosis of CLTI within general practice potentially exist. Further investigation is required to greater understand the reasoning for these opportunities being missed and to develop strategies to that would help prevent amputation.
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