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An 82-year-old man presented for evaluation of chronic, progressive edema of the legs. An inferior vena cava filter was inserted 15 years earlier, after diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis of the right leg and pulmonary embolism...
New England Journal of Medicine (Angiology) - Tue, 5 July 2011
http://www.nejm.org
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Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery need implants of new, healthy blood vessels. So do those who receive repeated hemodialysis due to kidney failure. The best option is to use the patient’s own veins or arteries, but thousands of patients don’t have resources available in their own bodies.
Now, scientists have demonstrated ready-to-use, bioengineered blood vessels made from human cells. The work appears in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Scientific American (Angiology) - Mon, 7 February 2011
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This article reviews the advantages, disadvantages and recent advances in the commonly used clinical applications of duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomographic angiography, digital subtraction angiography and intravascular ultrasound for arterial imaging in the lower extremities.
Medscape (Angiology) - Mon, 15 November 2010
http://www.medscape.com
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Some X-factor inhibitors, which have the advantage to be given orally in a fixed dose and don’t require any coagulation monitoring (differently from warfarin) are under study. Some examples of these drugs are rivaroxaban and apixaban.
MedNews (Angiology) - Tue, 9 March 2010
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There are not clear data yet on the incidence and the risk factors of a post-thrombotic syndrome after an episode of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Through a prospective cohort trial, 387 patients with DVT in eight hospitals in Canada have been treated with heparin followed by warfarin and monitored after 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 months.
MedNews (Angiology) - Fri, 15 May 2009
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The results of a randomized trial suggest that statins may be a useful treatment for Raynaud's phenomenon and digital ulcers that can accompany systemic sclerosis.
Medscape (Angiology) - Wed, 24 September 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Researchers are reporting that microembolism of foam particles is common during foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins, and among patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO), these microemboli might be linked to neurologic symptoms.
Medscape (Angiology) - Fri, 4 April 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Objective of the study is to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with DVT.
Journal of the American Medical Association (Angiology) - Wed, 19 March 2008
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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One way of combating atherosclerosis is to reduce levels of "bad cholesterol" in the blood. Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now identified the genes that bring about this beneficial effect.
Karolinska Institutet (Angiology) - Wed, 19 March 2008
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en
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The long-acting factor X inhibitor idraparinux was compared with a standard antithrombotic regimen in two randomized trials, one for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT Study) and the other for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE Study).
New England Journal of Medicine (Angiology) - Thu, 13 September 2007
http://www.nejm.org