Strategies to counteract adverse remodeling of vascular graft: A 3D view of current graft innovations by Wei Tan, Parnaz Boodagh, Prakash Parthiban Selvakumar, Sean Keyser

“…Vascular grafts are widely used for vascular surgeries, to bypass a diseased artery or function as a vascular access for hemodialysis. …”
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Periodontal status and the incidence of selected bacterial pathogens in periodontal pockets and vascular walls in patients with atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysms. by Agnieszka Kręgielczak, Barbara Dorocka-Bobkowska, Ryszard Słomski, Grzegorz Oszkinis, Zbigniew Krasiński

“…The study comprised 39 patients who qualified for vascular surgeries. Patients with periodontitis and concomitant atherosclerosis or aneurysms were enrolled in the study. …”
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Microfluidic bioprinting of tough hydrogel-based vascular conduits for functional blood vessels by Wang, Di, Maharjan, Sushila, Kuang, Xiao, Wang, Zixuan, Mille, Luis S, Tao, Ming, Yu, Peng, Cao, Xia, Lian, Liming, Lv, Li, He, Jacqueline Jialu, Tang, Guosheng, Yuk, Hyunwoo, Ozaki, C Keith, Zhao, Xuanhe, Zhang, Yu Shrike

“…Together, our study presents biofabrication of mechanically and functionally relevant vascular conduits, showcasing their potentials as vascular models for disease studies in vitro and as grafts for vascular surgeries in vivo, possibly serving broad biomedical applications in the future.…”
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Fabrication of Highly Oriented Cylindrical Polyacrylonitrile, Poly(lactide-<i>co</i>-glycolide), Polycaprolactone and Poly(vinyl acetate) Nanofibers for Vascular Graft Applications by Sairish Malik, Subramanian Sundarrajan, Tanveer Hussain, Ahsan Nazir, Seeram Ramakrishna

“…Small-diameter vascular grafts fabricated from synthetic polymers have found limited applications so far in vascular surgeries, owing to their poor mechanical properties. …”
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RESPIRATORY EXERCISES AND THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF ASTHMATIC PATIENTS by SH. Bakhshandeh, A. Najaf -Yarandi, Z. Ahmadi, F. Hosseini

“…Nowadays, Cardiac catheterization plays an essential role in the diagnostic evaluation of the patients with suspected or known cardiac diseases, and it is an important preoperative cardiac screening protocol for vascular surgeries. Reducing the fear and anxiety of patients, health workers should provide their patients with teaching sessions, as in other studies the positive effect of teaching on psychological aspect of patents is concluded.   …”
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THE EFFECT OF TEACHING ON THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENTS BEFORE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION by T.Ganji, N. Taleggani, H. Haghani

“…Nowadays, Cardiac catheterization plays an essential role in the diagnostic evaluation of the patients with suspected or known cardiac diseases, and it is an important preoperative cardiac screening protocol for vascular surgeries. Reducing the fear and anxiety of patients, health workers should provide their patients with teaching sessions, as in other studies the positive effect of teaching on psychological aspect of patents is concluded. …”
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A case of sigmoid colon perforation due to segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) accompanied by vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: a case report by Kosuke Funaki, Tomonori Akagi, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Yusuke Itai, Kiminori Watanabe, Takashi Shuto, Yoshitake Ueda, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Shinji Miyamoto, Tsutomu Daa, Masafumi Inomata

“…He had undergone two major vascular surgeries, abdominal aortic artery revascularization and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for a residual dissection and enlarging abdominal aortic aneurysm. …”
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Blood autotransfusion outcomes compared with Ringer lactate infusion in dogs with hemorrhagic shock induced by controlled bleeding by Mansour Safaei, Hassan Mousavi Takami

“…Autologous blood accumulated in body cavities in traumatic bleeding (such hemothorax), and bloodshed in operation field during open heart or vascular surgeries, and similar situations, can be utilized again. …”
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Combination of Color and Focus Segmentation for Medical Images with Low Depth-of-Field by Wirth Tamara, Naber Ady, Nahm Werner

“…It allows for various applications including the analysis of an image for automatic image understanding and the integration of complementary data. During vascular surgeries, the blood flow in the vessels has to be checked constantly, which could be facilitated by a segmentation of the affected vessels. …”
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Timing of Revascularization and Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment Associated with Therapeutic Failures in Ischemic Diabetic Foot Infections by Dominique Altmann, Felix W. A. Waibel, Gabor Forgo, Alexandru Grigorean, Benjamin A. Lipsky, Ilker Uçkay, Madlaina Schöni

“…Among 838 ischemic DFIs with moderate-to-severe symptomatic peripheral arterial disease, we revascularized 608 (72%; 562 angioplasties, 62 vascular surgeries) and surgically debrided all. The median length of postsurgical antibiotic therapy was 21 days (given parenterally for the initial 7 days). …”
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In-hospital stroke in patients after cardiac surgery or invasive interventions by P. A. Filimonova, L. I. Volkova, A. M. Alasheev, A. V. Mikhaylov, E. A. Grichuk

“…Most in-hospital strokes occur after cardiac or vascular surgeries, during invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures on the heart and blood vessels. …”
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Superficial Brachioulnar Artery (SBUA) & Persistent Median Artery (PMA) : a case report by Saharudin, Shahida, Lwin, San San, Aung, Htar Htar, Sa'at@Yusof, Azlin

“…Knowledge of these variations are clinically important in vascular surgeries and arterial flap plannings.…”
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The Impact of Gender on the Postoperative Consumption of Intensive and Intermediate Care Resources by Charles Weissman

“…Phase 2 examined consecutive patients undergoing major abdominal and vascular surgeries to ascertain whether for similar surgeries and co-morbidities, women were as likely as men to receive intensive/intermediate care. …”
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Gut dysbiosis is associated with aortic aneurysm formation and progression in Takayasu arteritis by Yusuke Manabe, Tomohiko Ishibashi, Ryotaro Asano, Shuichi Tonomura, Yuichi Maeda, Daisuke Motooka, Jin Ueda, Masahiro Yanagawa, Yuko Edamoto-Taira, Tomomi Chikaishi-Kirino, Takeshi Masaki, Tadakatsu Inagaki, Shota Nakamura, Yoshinori Katada, Makoto Okazawa, Masashi Narazaki, Takeshi Ogo, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yoshikazu Nakaoka

“…Among patients taking a proton pump inhibitor, Campylobacter was more frequently detected in those who underwent vascular surgeries and endovascular therapy for aortic dilatation than in those who did not. …”
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Decellularization of porcine carotid artery : differential effect of pH, osmolality and temperature on cell removal and extracellular matrix retention by Foo, Chuan Ping

“…Decellularized porcine carotid artery is a promising alternative for small diameter vessel graft in vascular surgeries. The goal was to investigate the differential effect of pH, osmolality and temperature on cell removal and extracellular matrix retention, namely collagen and elastin. …”
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Preoperative pulmonary evaluation to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications by Mehmet Eren Tuna, Metin Akgün

“…Surgical urgency, type, duration, approach of the surgical procedure, and comorbidities influence PPC rates, with cardiac, thoracic, abdominal, and vascular surgeries being particularly vulnerable. Patient-related risk factors encompass non-pulmonary and pulmonary factors. …”
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Global cerebral infarction after aortic arch replacement surgery in a patient with postoperatively revealed factor XII deficiency: a case report by Keisuke Yoshida, Shiori Tanaka, Yuki Sato, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kenichi Muramatsu, Masahiro Murakawa

“…Conclusions Factor XII deficiency should be considered in patients with prolonged activated clotting time and spontaneous thrombosis in vascular surgeries. Moreover, the present case emphasizes that management of heparin during cardiopulmonary bypass should not be performed on the basis of activated clotting time monitoring alone, especially in a case with prolonged activated clotting time.…”
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Usefulness of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During the Clipping of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: Diagnostic Efficacy and Detailed Protocol by Dougho Park, Byung Hee Kim, Sang-Eok Lee, Eunhwan Jeong, Kwansang Cho, Ji Kang Park, Yeon-Ju Choi, Suntak Jin, Daeyoung Hong, Mun-Chul Kim

“…Background: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) has been widely applied in brain vascular surgeries to reduce postoperative neurologic deficit (PND). …”
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Former smoking, but not active smoking, is associated with delirium in postoperative ICU patients: a matched case-control study by Maria Angeliki Komninou, Simon Egli, Aurelio Rossi, Jutta Ernst, Michael Krauthammer, Reto A. Schuepbach, Marcos Delgado, Marcos Delgado, Jan Bartussek, Jan Bartussek

“…Notably, also respiratory and vascular surgeries were associated with increased odds of delirium (respiratory: OR: 4.13, CI: 1.73-9.83; vascular: OR: 2.18, CI: 1.03-4.59). …”
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Atualização sobre endopróteses vasculares (stents): dos estudos experimentais à prática clínica Update on vascular endoprostheses (stents): from experimental studies to clinical pr... by Luís Henrique Gil França, Adamastor Humberto Pereira

“…The number of peripheral interventions increased and innovative endovascular techniques are close to the results of traditional vascular surgeries. Although balloon angioplasty alone offers good immediate results, implantation of stents has been proposed to improve the procedural success and extend its application to more patients with peripheral vascular disease. …”
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