A5066696252- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Vascular Procedures and Complications
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
University of Palermo
2016-2025
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo
2013-2025
Policlinico Universitario di Catania
2023
University Hospital of Zurich
2011-2018
Creative Commons
2015
University of Zurich
2013
May Institute
2011
October 6 University
2010
Chronic mesenteric ischaemia is a severe and incapacitating disease, causing complaints of post-prandial pain, fear eating weight loss. Even though chronic may progress to acute ischaemia, remains an underappreciated undertreated disease entity. Probable explanations are the lack knowledge awareness among physicians gold standard diagnostic test. The underappreciation this results in delays, underdiagnosis undertreating patients with potentially resulting fatal ischaemia. This guideline...
To evaluate the performance of periscope and/or chimney grafts (CPGs) in endovascular treatment pararenal or thoracoabdominal aneurysms using off-the-shelf devices.Between February 2002 and August 2012, 77 consecutive patients (62 men; mean age 73±9 years) suffering from aortic (n=55), (n=16), arch to visceral artery (n=6) were treated with stent-graft implantation requiring maintain side branch perfusion. CPGs planned advance not used as bailout. A standardized follow-up protocol including...
To report midterm outcomes after urgent endovascular repair of ruptured pararenal or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using multiple periscope and chimney grafts to preserve renovisceral branch perfusion facilitate aneurysm exclusion.Nine consecutive men (mean age 72±14 years, range 40-88) presenting with (n = 6), 2), infrarenal 1) underwent at least 1 graft delivered via a transfemoral access; were installed from an axillary access. In all, 17 7 used reperfuse 11 renal 13 visceral arteries...
Objective: To assess the initial clinical experience with a novel endograft system (NEXUS Aortic Arch Stent Graft System) designed to treat aortic arch pathologies and address morphology hemodynamic challenges of arch. Summary Background Data: The remains most challenging part aorta for both open endovascular repair. Transcatheter repair has potential significantly reduce surgical risks. Methods: Patients underwent transcatheter single branch, 2 stent graft system, implanted over...
PurposeTo present the 24-month radiological follow-up data for patients with pararenal aortic pathologies treated chimney and periscope grafts during endovascular repair.MethodsBetween January 2008 December 2011, 124 high-risk complex were using technique at 2 European vascular cardiovascular centers advanced experience of described technique. In particular, 50 Site 1 74 2. Forty (32.2%) (32 men; mean age 79.2±4.9 years) completed computed tomographic angiography 24 months...
In Brief Objectives: To present the safety, feasibility, costs, and patient satisfaction of outpatient endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Background: Our experience in more than 1000 patients indicated that technically uncomplicated EVAR procedures, only need for hospitalization was access vessel complications (bleeding or occlusion) requiring secondary procedures. These could always be identified within first 3 hours after EVAR. Methods: Two-center retrospective analysis prospectively...
To evaluate the midterm outcomes of chimney and/or periscope grafts (CPGs) in patients presenting type I endoleak after a previous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).Between June 2002 and April 2014, 24 consecutive (mean age 73.9±9.2 years; 23 men) were addressed with CPGs to extend proximal distal landing zone maintain side branch perfusion. Indication for treatment was Ia (96%) Ib one. Median interval from EVAR 52.2±48.9 months (range 0.2-179). All had proximal/distal zones precluding any...
In young patients with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) inadequate arterial networks for revascularization, unconventional approaches can be justified before a major amputation. We report case of man, critical ischemia unsuitable conventional revascularization interventions. Subjected to Common Femoral Artery (CFA) and Deep (DFA) endarterectomy Dacron patch hybrid venous arterialization technique anastomosis the great saphenous vein paclitaxel-coated Percutaneous Transluminal...
Introduction: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) is a severe, multisystemic, autosomal dominant disease with variable penetrance caused by mutations in the TTR gene generating protein misfolding and accumulation of amyloid fibrils. The diagnosis usually challenging because ATTRv may initially manifest nonspecific multisystemic symptoms. Conversely, an early needed to start timely appropriate therapy. Hence, screening models have been proposed improve diagnosis. In this study, we...
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) affects a significant portion of the population, particularly impacting those with obesity. This condition leads to various symptoms, including leg discomfort and edema, contributing work absenteeism. Traditional surgical procedures, like saphenous vein stripping phebectomy, are increasingly supplanted by minimally invasive techniques, such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) sclerotherapy, which reduce invasiveness associated complications, beneficial for...
PurposeTo present a technique for transfemoral implantation of parallel grafts into the renal arteries in patients with anatomy or morphology that blocks standard antegrade chimney graft delivery.TechniqueIn totally percutaneous approach, 5-F pigtail angiographic catheter is passed aorta above via 0.035-inch hydrophilic guidewire, followed by an 8-F sheath. The target vessel cannulated wire reverse curve catheter; changed Rosen wire. main stent-graft body delivered and parked at level aortic...
ObjectiveManagement of follow-up protocols after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR), vary significantly between centres and is not standardized according to the sac regression. By designing an international expert-based Delphi consensus, study aimed create recommendations on EVAR evolution.MethodsEight facilitators created appropriate statements regarding topic that were voted, using a 4-point Likert scale, by selected panel experts three-round modified consensus process. Based experts'...
^Purpose: To present early and midterm results of the periscope endograft (PG) technique to maintain left subclavian artery (LSA) blood flow in thoracic endovascular aortic repairs (TEVAR) involving zone 3. Methods: From April 2010 January 2013, 14 consecutive high-risk patients (11 men; mean age 7068 years, range 56-87) underwent TEVAR with PG for 10 aneurysms (TAA), 2 traumatic ruptures, dissections without a suitable landing (.2 cm distal LSA).Five procedures were performed emergently...
Renal artery aneurysms (RAAs) are rare with an estimated incidence of 0.1% in the general population, and they represent approximately 25% all visceral aneurysms. The gold standard treatment is open surgery, but it associated a high risk nephrectomy, mortality, morbidity. Less invasive endovascular therapies becoming increasingly common for RAAs. Here, we aimed to report three cases wide-necked complex renal treated endovascularly using stent-assisted coil embolization self-expandable stent...