Sean Matheiken Sean Matheiken

Fate of target vessels after failed infrainguinal angioplasty, by Mohammed Elkassaby

From St James Dublin

Commentary on the opinions of endo first vs bypass first in terms of negating outflow daamage

Ojbective: to look at outflow vesel damaage

Surgeon performed angioplasties

Single centre

POBA, stenting, atherectomy all used

Failed procedure defined as a technical failures as well as reocclusion in 30 days

Divided segments up as follows:

SFA

AK pop

BK pop

Upper tibials

Lower tibial and foot.

Primary and secondary end points

724 procedures Infra inguinal

97 failed cases

Primary success 87%

FU range 26 median , 0 to 40

Most done elective

only 32% done for IC

70% were SFA angio attempts

90% were SIA

Any damanage at all was 22%

16% only to 1 segment and another 6% to more than 1 segment (out of the 5 ‘segment’ areas classified above)

Reinterventions

37% had redo angio with a 65% success

Bypass was only done in 12% cases and success rate 92%

All casuse mortality 8% over 2 years

22% failed angio ended up with major amputation.

82% of the major amputations were in those with no damage

Question from Joseph, surgeon at DGH in Scotland

Says his practice is very similar to what was presented now

Answers to my questions:

they use 18 and 14 wires for tibial, not 0035

And they use ACT to ensure optimum heparin on board.

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Meta-analysis of anti-thrombotic options after open revascularisation for PAD, by Luke Davies.

Meta-analysis of anti-thrombotic options after open revascularisation for PAD.

Luke Davies

Medical student

From Bristol

Lists Hinchclifee and Graeme Ambler

PAD affects 230 mi wordlwide

5 yr mortlality of CLTI Rx is 50%

1 yr reintervention rate after bypass stated as 18%

Mentions BEST CLI trial - the study did not specify post revasc Rx BMT

Outcomes of study

primary efficacy outcome: MACE and MALE

primary safety outcome: major haemorrhage

PRISMA

from inception to date

CENTRAL (?)

MEDLINE

EMBASE

Filtered 5000 results

Bayesian network meta analysis

Presented as forest plots

Vit K antagonists significantly reduce risk of MACE but with significant increased risk of bleed.

This study seemed to be saying that the aspirin - rivaroxaban (presumably 2.5 BD) did not improve patency / MACE MALE

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Sean Matheiken Sean Matheiken

Paediatric iatrogenic ALI in an ITU setting; 10 year review by Jess Duguid

Paeds ALI in ITU setting

Jess Duguid

Not Steve Tang

Leeds is regional unit for York Humber

ALI on PICU usually Iatrogenic injury

Intention: to assess frequency of iatrogenic paeds ALI to PICU

Seeking causes, Rx and outcomes

cross sectional study retrospective analysis from 2012 to 2022

They excluded ALI not due to iatrogenic injury

Found 14 cases in total

8 males

median age 2.8

mostly LL and one brachial

Mostly due to femoral lines

Rx: mostly heparin. Others used wre milrinone and GTN patch.

2 cases had operative management

Survival to discharge in 8 out of 14

No amputations

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Sean Matheiken Sean Matheiken

Meta-analysis of BMT after endo Rx of PAD, by ALEX MURIGU

10.01 V21(152). Meta-analysis of BMT after end Rx PAD. ALEX MURIGU

5000 results

20 filtered for analysis into the SR and 18 into the meta-analysis

Aspirin - Cilostazol and Aspirin - Rivaroxaban combinations were more effective in terms of the primary effectiveness outcome of MACE MALE

Some of the Confidence intervals on Haemorrhage outcome are quite wide. Many trials reported no bleeding events.

Conclusion - Significant increase of bleeding with both the addition of Cilostazol or Rivaroxaban to Aspirin, accompanying the improved effectiveness primary outcome of MALE MACE

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