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BACKGROUND
We present a rare and interesting case of hemorrhagic lumbar facet cysts accompanying a spinal subdural hematoma at the same level suggesting a possible mechanism by which spinal subdural hematomas can arise.
RESULTS
A 71-year-old man presented with persistent sciatic pain and
A 55-year-old women developed an aortointestinal fistula between the bifurcation of the aorta and the distal ileum following implantation of multiple endovascular stents into both common iliac arteries for treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease. Ten months before the acute onset of the
BACKGROUND
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a disabling medical condition in which narrowing of the spinal canal compresses the spinal cord and nerves causing a condition called neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC). Decompressive spine surgery is the standard of care for patients who fail to
OBJECTIVE
Patients with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) face a high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Platelet inhibition (PI) significantly reduces this risk. Combination PI is common and increasingly indicated in patients with PAD; however, the effect on platelet
(1) Intermittent claudication is usually a sign of generalised vascular atheroma, with prognosis mainly depending on the degree of coronary and cerebral involvement. Treatment is based on smoking cessation and regular exercise. Vasodilators have a purely symptomatic effect, modest at best, in
Cilostazol, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase III, is an antiplatelet drug and a vasodilator via increased cAMP levels. It has been approved for the treatment of ischemic symptoms in chronic peripheral arterial obstruction or intermittent claudication and for secondary prevention of
OBJECTIVE
The concept of clopidogrel resistance is frequently evoked in the cardiac literature. The variability of antiplatelet response in patients with intermittent claudication has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of the addition of clopidogrel to aspirin
The efficacy and safety of pentoxifylline (400 mg tid orally) and acenocoumarol, administered singly or in combination, in the treatment of intermittent claudication associated with chronic occlusive arterial disease were evaluated in a multi-center, randomized, factorial, blind clinical trial
Treating chronic arterial occlusive disease with heparin is controversial because of the risks associated with long-term anticoagulant therapy. Low molecular weight (LMW) heparin (mw about 5000 Dalton), which selectively inhibits the Xa factor with minimal risk of hemorrhage, seems to offer new
OBJECTIVE
We sought to report the occurrence and risk factors of intracranial hemorrhage during long-term follow-up of patients with internal carotid artery stenosis, with and without carotid endarterectomy.
METHODS
From the prospective data of the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy
24 hour infusion of iloprost was compared with placebo infusion in 19 patients with stable intermittent claudication using a double blind, balanced crossover design. Despite significant inhibition of platelet aggregation to ADP and collagen (p less than 0.001) and the typical cardiovascular and
The clinical efficacy of picotamide was investigated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in patients with peripheral occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs at functional stage II of the Fontaine classification. Forty patients with a history of claudication for at least six
After a 1-month placebo run-in phase, 27 patients with proven peripheral arterial obstructive disease participated in a double blind placebo controlled study and were divided in 3 groups, receiving either placebo, ridogrel 300 mg b.i.d. (a combined thromboxane synthase and receptor blocking agent)
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether cilostazol reduces restenosis and revascularization after endovascular therapy (EVT) for femoropopliteal lesions.
BACKGROUND
Cilostazol improves walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication and reduces restenosis after