BACKGROUND Wartime vascular injury management has traditionally advanced vascular surgery. Despite past military experience, and recent civilian publications, there are no reports detailing current in-theater treatment. The objective of this analysis is to describe the management of vascular injury at the central echelon III surgical facility in Iraq, and to place this experience in perspective...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to determine the role of response gene to complement 32 (RGC-32) in vascular lesion formation after experimental angioplasty and to explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a rat carotid artery balloon-injury model, we documented for the first time that neointima formation was closely associated with a significantly increased exp...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the role of heparanase in controlling thrombosis following vascular injury or endovascular stenting. BACKGROUND The use of endovascular stents are a common clinical intervention for the treatment of arteries occluded due to vascular disease. Both heparin and heparan sulfate are known to be potent inhibitors of thrombosis. Heparanase is the m...

BACKGROUND Transradial catheterization is associated with radial artery injury and vasomotor dysfunction and represents an accessible model of acute vascular injury in humans. We characterized vascular injury and functional recovery to understand the role of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in vascular repair. METHODS AND RESULTS In 50 patients (aged 64±10 years, 70% male) undergoing ...

Objective—The objectives of this study were to determine the role of response gene to complement 32 (RGC-32) in vascular lesion formation after experimental angioplasty and to explore the underlying mechanisms. Methods and Results—Using a rat carotid artery balloon-injury model, we documented for the first time that neointima formation was closely associated with a significantly increased expre...

Although the study of experimental nephritis by physiological methods shows that the most striking effect of cantharidin is injury of the blood vessels, the great abundance of mitotic figures in the tubular epithelium in the stage of repair points to an equally widespread and severe epithelial injury. Caution must therefore be observed in ascribing the physiological disturbances of kidney funct...

The majority of arterial pseudoaneurysms treated in our department vascular surgery are consequences catheter-associated medical procedures and located the groin region. Clinical signs, combined with recent history a percutaneous intervention, ensure quick diagnosis therapy. However, can develop after any artery body is injured. No consensus on therapeutic strategy achieved because rare nature ...

Systemic sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by vascular injury and fibrosis and by an impaired angiogenesis which cannot ensure an efficient vascular recovery. Vascular injury is responsible for hypoxia and tissual ischemia which are the primary triggers for angiogenesis and are not able to induce a compensatory angiogenesis. This review article is focused...