Screening Program of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Muriel Sprynger, Michel Willems, Hendrik Van Damme, Benny Drieghe, J.C. Wautrecht, Marie Moonen; for the BWGA – Belgian Working Group Angiology Abstract In Europe, the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in the elderly population (≥65 year old) has declined in the past decades to <4%. Aneurysmal degeneration of…
Correlation between significant asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and severity of peripheral arterial occlusive disease in the lower limb A retrospective study on 200 patients Zhongjie Pan, Ruitao Wang, Li Li and Hua Zhang Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between significant asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) and severity of…
Antithrombotics in stable peripheral artery disease Eric Kaplovitch, Luke Rannelli and Sonia S Anand Abstract Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at high risk for ischemic cardiovascular complications. While single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT), predominantly aspirin, has long been the standard antithrombotic treatment in stable PAD, there have now been greater than 40,000 PAD patients…
Thyroid lymphoepithelial cysts (TLECs) are rare, and detailed ultrasonography (US) findings have not been reported. This study aimed to examine in detail the US findings for 32 TLECs and to clarify the diagnostic problems associated with them.