Infrapopliteal calcification patterns in critical limb ischemia: diagnostic, pathologic and therapeutic implications in the search for the endovascular holy grail.

JA Mustapha, LJ Diaz-Sandoval… - The Journal of …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) represents the terminal stage of peripheral arterial disease
(PAD) and is characterized by multilevel and multivessel disease. Amongst patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Medial artery calcification in peripheral artery disease

TI Kim, RJ Guzman - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Medial artery calcification (MAC) is a distinct, highly regulated process that is often identified
in small and mid-sized arteries of the lower extremities. It is associated with advanced age …

[HTML][HTML] Lower limb arterial calcification and its clinical relevance with peripheral arterial disease

Y Dong, Y Liu, P Cheng, H Liao, C Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lower limb arterial calcification (LLAC) is associated with an increased risk of mortality and it
predicts poor outcomes after endovascular interventions in patients with peripheral artery …

Peripheral arterial calcification: prevalence, mechanism, detection, and clinical implications

KJ Rocha‐Singh, T Zeller… - Catheterization and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular calcification (VC), particularly medial (Mönckeberg's medial sclerosis) arterial
calcification, is common in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease and is …

Infrapopliteal lesion morphology in patients with critical limb ischemia: implications for the development of anti-restenosis technologies

F Baumann, RP Engelberger… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To angiographically evaluate infrapopliteal arterial lesion morphology in a
consecutive series of patients presenting with critical limb ischemia (CLI) and undergoing …

Infrapopliteal anatomic severity and delayed wound healing in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia in the era of the global limb anatomic staging system

Y Hata, O Iida, M Takahara, M Asai… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To investigate the prognostic impact of infrapopliteal (IP) artery anatomic severity
according to the Global Limb Anatomic Staging System (GLASS) on delayed wound healing …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of artery disease in 450 patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia: implications for clinical trial design

CA Rueda, MR Nehler, DJ Perry, RB McLafferty… - Journal of vascular …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The pattern and distribution of arterial occlusions and stenoses in patients with
critical limb ischemia presenting at two academic medical centers was described …

A novel scoring system for small artery disease and medial arterial calcification is strongly associated with major adverse limb events in patients with chronic limb …

R Ferraresi, A Ucci, A Pizzuto… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To evaluate the roles of small artery disease (SAD) and medial arterial calcification
(MAC) in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and to identify any …

Intravascular ultrasound validation of contemporary angiographic scores evaluating the severity of calcification in peripheral arteries

D Yin, A Maehara, TM Shimshak… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To validate 3 angiographic scoring systems for peripheral artery calcification using
intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) as the gold standard. Methods: The study employed …

[HTML][HTML] Semiquantitative assessment of tibial artery calcification by computed tomography angiography and its ability to predict infrapopliteal angioplasty outcomes

IS Kang, W Lee, BW Choi, D Choi, MK Hong… - Journal of Vascular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Tibial artery calcification (TAC) is associated with increased risk of amputation and
mortality in peripheral artery disease. We sought to investigate whether the severity of TAC …