Angiology

Researchers at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital Publish New Data on Angiology

Published in Blood Weekly, February 2nd, 2012

2012 FEB 2 -- In this recent report published in the journal Annals of Vascular Surgery, researchers in Paris, France conducted a study "To report the long-term results of proximal and distal VA open repairs. From January 2002 to December 2009, 74 cases of VA open repair were performed (73 patients, 41 men; mean age, 66.5 +/- 15.2 years)."

"Symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency were present in 61 cases (82.4%). Forty-seven have had a proximal VA repair, and 27, a distal one. Bypass grafting using a saphenous vein graft was performed in 21 cases (28.3%). Direct transposition was used in 48 (64.8%), mostly into the common carotid artery. Mean...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-02-02)

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