Search for dissertations about: "infrainguinal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word infrainguinal.

  2. 1. Infrainguinal Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Limbs with Severe Lower Limb Ischaemia

    Author : Anne-Marie Löfberg; Wojciech Cwikiel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oncology; infrainguinal; chronic ischaemia; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; duplex; bypass grafts; Onkologi; Oncology; Onkologi; radiologi; Radiology;

    Abstract : Infrainguinal bypass grafting is an established method in the treatment of patients with femoropopliteal and crural occlusive disease leading to critical lower limb ischaemia (CLI). However, complications related to surgical procedure are not negligible and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has emerged as an alternative. READ MORE

  4. 2. Distal runoff assessment in infrainguinal bypass surgery

    Author : Sadettin Karacagil; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  5. 3. The impact of duplex scanning in the management of chronic lower limb arterial disease

    Author : Annika Boström Ardin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Duplex; Ultrasound; lower extremity; arterial; chronic ishemia; selection; surgery; PTA; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; kirurgi;

    Abstract : In patients with chronic lower extremity ischemia in which endovascular or surgical intervention is considered non-invasive evaluation by duplex scanning provides important anatomical and hemodynamic information. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the impact of duplex scanning in the selection of various therapeutic alternatives in limbs with lower extremity arterial insufficiency. READ MORE

  6. 4. Mechanisms of thrombosis and restenosis after vascular injury

    Author : Carl Magnus Wahlgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Restenosis; neointimal hyperplasia; thrombin inhibition; angioplasty; PTA; outcome analysis; coagulation; inflammation; CRP; thioredoxin; oxidative stres;

    Abstract : Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of about 50% of all deaths in the western world. Peripheral vascular disease commonly affects the arteries supplying the leg and is mostly caused by atherosclerosis. READ MORE

  7. 5. Thrombolysis in vascular surgery

    Author : Linn Smith; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background and aims: Thrombolysis is in common use in the treatment of acute forms of vascular disease. It may be used both systemically and locally, in the latter case through an endovascular approach, socalled catheter-directed thrombolysis. READ MORE