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Author(s): Muriel Sprynger Added: 3 years ago
Abstract Several imaging techniques (such as ultrasounds, computed tomography [CT] scan, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], positron emission tomography [PET] scan, etc.) can provide interesting information on subclinical atherosclerosis and plaque stability. In fact sonographic imaging techniques can be very useful in this field. All of them have their limitations, but each of them has its own… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Marc E Wolf , Michael G Hennerici Added: 3 years ago
Aetiological Classification of Stroke Precise analysis of stroke subtypes is important for clinical treatment decisions and prognostic evaluation of patients leading to adapted individual patient management. The most widely used system of aetiological ischaemic stroke classification is the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification, proposed in 1993 for an acute stroke… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Frank J Criado , Catherine Gallagher Added: 3 years ago
Treatment of severe carotid artery stenosis to prevent stroke is arguably the most significant and perhaps the best vascular reconstructive operation in the speciality as a whole. It is nothing short of an icon for evidence-based medicine, but it is not without challenges. An estimated 20% of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) procedures are done on so-called 'high-risk' patients, mostly related to… View more

Intervention
Fabrizio D'Abate
Job title: Clinical Vascular Scientist
Dr Fabrizio D'Abate leads the sonography team at the UK Vein Clinic, and is a Clinical Vascular Scientist atSt George's University Hospital in London, UK. He is also Co-Founder of ABCvascular, an e-learning platform in vascular ultrasound. In 2022, Dr D'Abate founded LampoVet, a veterinary telemedicine platform. Dr D'Abate completed his MSc in vascular ultrasound in Florence in 2007, before… View more
Houssam Younes | Vascular Surgeon
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Dialysis

Endovascular Techniques

 Job title: Chairman, Department of Vascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Personal History Dr Houssam Younes, MD, is based in Abu Dhabi, where he currently works as chairman of the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Academic History Dr Houssam Younes received his medical degree from Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. He then completed his surgical training at Baylor College of Medicine and The University… View more
Author(s): AA Kroon , PW de Leeuw Added: 3 years ago
Hypertension is a common and serious problem that is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.1–3 Over 70 million people in the US are affected by high blood pressure (BP) that requires treatment, and nearly one-third of the adult population in the US have a BP of ≥140/90mmHg, which is the defined cut-off value for hypertension.2,4 It is estimated that over 44% of people in Europe are… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Cesare Rusconi Added: 3 years ago
Over the last 30–40 years in most Western countries, for the first time the number of people developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and mortality rates from cardiovascular disease has gradually decreased. This reduction has been mainly achieved using nationwide atherosclerotic risk-factor control programmes. Nevertheless, cardiovascular diseases remain the major cause of premature death in the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Jennifer Franke , Horst Sievert Added: 3 years ago
After having performed angioplasty in coronary and peripheral vascular disease with excellent results, carotid angioplasty was thought to be an opportunity to simplify the treatment of carotid stenosis. Up until then there was no apparent reason to protect patients against distal embolisation. With the development of carotid angioplasty and stenting, prevention of distal embolisation of… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Frederic Baumann , Nicolas Diehm Added: 3 years ago
Chronic critical limb ischaemia (CLI) affects a defined subgroup of patients with systemic atherosclerosis. Often, these patients exhibit additional cardiovascular risk factors and co-morbidities, which complicate their disease pattern and limit treatment modalities. Therefore, CLI is clearly associated with excessive morbidity and mortality rates and leads to a substantial decline in quality of… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

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Preclinical Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Atherosclerosis
Author(s): Giuseppe Gullace , Hassan Khalaf Added: 3 years ago
The endothelium, which was initially considered to be a semipermeable barrier separating lumen from vessel wall, is now recognised as a complex endocrine organ responsible for a variety of physiological processes vital for vascular homeostasis. These include the regulation of vascular tone, luminal diameter and blood flow; haemostasis and thrombolysis; platelet and leucocyte vessel-wall… View more

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