Femoral endarterectomy with patch angioplasty has long been the favored approach to the treatment of patients with symptomatic common femoral artery (CFA) occlusive disease. The procedure can be performed through a small incision, and the plaque can often be removed en bloc, followed by enlargement of the CFA and ostia of the superficial femoral artery and profunda femoris with a patch. In skil...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies have suggested that the caudal ventral artery is a potential site for continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring in rats. However, the agreement of mean arterial pressure values between the femoral artery and the caudal ventral artery has not been investigated. This study was performed to identify whether the caudal ventral artery could be safely used for conti...

RATIONALE A rare case of massive bleeding with rupture of the branch artery deriving from uterine artery was reported in the present study. PATIENT CONCERNS A 29-year old female patient received embolism of malformed cerebral vessels. Ten hours after the operation, a sudden drop in blood pressure occurred. The patient developed coma and shock, and again underwent interventional angiography, w...

We present a novel surgical technique for lower limb revascularization after resection of an aneurysm of the persistent sciatic artery that had led to recurrent peripheral embolization and severe ischemia. The superficial femoral artery in this patient was hypoplastic, and the sciatic artery continued into the popliteal artery as the source of blood supply to the lower leg. For revascularizatio...

The inferior border of the femoral head (IBFH) is widely used as a landmark in femoral artery puncture during invasive coronary angiography (ICA). However, application of this technique can be challenging especially in obese patients. This study was performed to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of low puncture in femoral artery puncture.A total of 464 patie...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the advantages and disadvantages of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the left radial artery with those of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the femoral artery. METHODS: A total of 206 patients with acute myocardial infarction who required emergency percutaneous coronary intervention and were admitted to our hospital between January ...

BACKGROUND A percutaneous cerclage wiring technique has been developed to reduce iatrogenic soft tissue and vascular disruption associated with classic cerclage fixation. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent of femoral vascular disruption resulting iatrogenically from the application of two percutaneous cerclage wire loops. METHODS Pairs of cerlage wire loops were...

a large amount of retrograde flow in the femoral artery. Those subjects without significant aortic insufficiency and no Duroziez's murmur had little or no backflow. When only a moderate amount of aortic insufficiency was present, the correlation was less satisfactory. In some subjects who had femoral backflow, a second recording was made from the femoral artery after the aortic valve had been r...

We report the case of a 48-year-old male with an exposition of a femorofemoral crossover bypass in the inguinal region and superficial femoral occlusion. This was successfully treated using an anteromedial thigh (AMT) pedicled flap based on the perforator vessel of the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery. Our report focuses on: i) considering the AMT flap as a safe and ea...

PURPOSE To report longer follow-up and further experience using the Prostar XL Percutaneous Vascular Surgery (PVS) device for access and closure of large bore femoral artery access sites during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). METHODS One hundred forty-four patients (128 men; mean age 72 years, range 56-89) undergoing endovascular AAA repair had percutaneous access an...