Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Revascularization in Patients Presenting with Critical Limb Ischemia and Aortic Valve Stenosis.

(1) Background: Comparison of clinical outcomes between patients with moderate-severe aortic valve stenosis and those with mild or no aortic valve stenosis undergoing surgical revascularization for critical limb threating ischemia (CLTI). (2) Methods: Single center retrospective analysis of consecutive patients undergoing surgical lower limb revascularization with femoro-distal bypass for critical ischemia between 2016 and 2022. All patients were evaluated preoperatively by echocardiographic examination and divided into two cohorts: group A with moderate-severe aortic valve stenosis (AVA-cm < or =1.

Outcome Analysis of Pre-Emptive Embolization of the Collateral Branches of the Abdominal Aorta During Standard Infrarenal Endovascular Aortic Repair.

To report the results of pre-emptive embolization of collateral branches of the abdominal aorta in patients undergoing standard bifurcated EVAR versus those undergoing standard EVAR without embolization. This study is a single-center, retrospective, observational cohort analysis of consecutive patients who underwent elective standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) between 1 October 2013, and 31 December 2022, with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years. The patients were divided into two groups: group A, which did not receive embolization, and group B, which underwent pre-emptive embolization of aortic collateral branches.

A Case Series of Completely Thrombosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Background: Completely thrombosed AAA (th-AAA) has been infrequently described in the literature. The present study evaluated the incidence and report the outcomes of open surgical repair (OSR) of a clinical series of th-AAAs.

Methods: This is a single-center, observational cohort study of consecutive th-AAAs identified between 10 October 1998, and 31 January 2024.

Distinct pro-inflammatory/pro-angiogenetic signatures distinguish children with Long COVID from controls.

Background: Recent proteomic studies have documented that Long COVID in adults is characterized by a pro-inflammatory signature with thromboinflammation. However, if similar events happen also in children with Long COVID has never been investigated.

Methods: We performed an extensive protein analysis of blood plasma from pediatric patients younger than 19 years of age Long COVID and a control group of children with acute COVID-19, MIS-C, and healthy controls resulted similar for sex distribution and age.

Inferior Mesenteric Artery Revascularization with ChEVAR in High Risk Patient with Bilateral Occlusion of Internal Iliac Arteries, Case Report and Review of Literature.

Background: This article describes a chimney technique (ChEVAR) to preserve the patency of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) in a patient with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and bilateral internal iliac artery obstruction. In addition, a review of the literature is performed.

Case Report: This article describes a male in his 70s with multiple comorbidities and a 5.

Non-typhoidal Salmonella aortitis.

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) spp. causes about 40% of all infective aortitis and it is characterized by high morbidity and mortality. Human infection occurs by fecal-oral transmission through ingestion of contaminated food, milk, or water (inter-human or zoonotic transmission).

SUVmax after (18)fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A tool to define treatment strategies in pancreatic cancer.

Background: (18)fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18FDG-PET/CT) might be a useful tool in the management of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) after 18FDG-PET/CT as predictor of survival outcomes and method to determine treatment strategies.

Methods: A consecutive series of patients who underwent preoperative 18FDG-PET/CT and subsequent resection for PDAC were retrospectively reviewed.

Management of ampullary neoplasms: A tailored approach between endoscopy and surgery.

Ampullary neoplasms, although rare, present distinctive clinical and pathological features from other neoplastic lesions of the periampullary region. No specific guidelines about their management are available, and they are often assimilated either to biliary tract or to pancreatic carcinomas. Due to their location, they tend to become symptomatic at an earlier stage compared to pancreatic malignancies.