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We report a case of a 67-year-old woman suffering from intermittent claudication secondary to severe popliteal stenosis due to compression by a popliteal ganglion cyst extending into the adventitia of the popliteal artery. After declining vein bypass grafting, this patient was successfully treated using ultrasound-guided aspiration of the cyst, which restored normal flow to the popliteal artery. Whilst aspiration of Baker's cysts causing claudication has been attempted before, this represents the first reported case of successful recanalization of the popliteal artery by ganglion cyst aspiration and further supports an important possible aetiology and treatment for cystic adventitial disease.
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JACC Cardiovasc Interv
September 2025
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: Long-term comparative data on drug-eluting stents (DES) and drug-coated balloons (DCB) for femoropopliteal artery (FPA) disease remain limited.
Objectives: The authors sought to compare 3-year outcomes of DES vs DCB without bailout stenting in FPA disease.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 1,406 patients from a multicenter registry who underwent endovascular therapy for FPA using DES (n = 342) or DCB (n = 1,064) after the successful lesion preparation.
Ann Vasc Surg
September 2025
Division of Vascular Surgery, 1(st) Surgical Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Introduction: Nitides™ (Alvimedica, Istanbul, Turkey) is a novel polymer-free stent, which elutes Amphilimus™; a combination of sirolimus and long chain fatty acids. Aim of this prospective single-center study is to assess the efficacy and 12-months outcomes of patients with femoropopliteal arterial disease, who underwent successful angioplasty with implantation of Amphilimus™-eluting stents Nitides™.
Methods: Patients with peripheral arterial disease who underwent angioplasty of the femoropopliteal segment with DES Nitides™ from August 2021 to February 2024 were included in the study.
Health Educ Res
August 2025
Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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Department of Trauma Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
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July 2025
Family Medicine, Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a progressive vascular disease characterized by atherosclerotic narrowing of peripheral arteries, resulting in decreased blood flow to the extremities. Common risk factors for PAD are diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, although it can also occur in patients without these comorbidities, such as in the use of marijuana or alcohol. Recent research suggests that marijuana and alcohol use lead to endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation, conditions found in PAD.
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