On the basis of morphological and hemodynamic criteria, color-coded duplex sonography enables diagnostic evaluation of non-atheromatous lesions of the cervical arteries. Ultrasonography is the method of first choice for Takayasu’s arteritis, radiation ...

In patients with diabetic angiopathy until today, no histological nor histochemical evidence has been found to define a specific type of diabetic arteriopathy. Consequently, diabetic arteriosclerosis is considered as a more serious form of atherosclerosis ...

Background: Functional and pathological improvements following rapid rewarming in 42°C water was compared with alterations following slow thawing at room temperature (22°C) after frostbite (–9°C, 15 minutes) in vivo of the rabbit central ear artery. ...

Background: Varicose veins (VV) are common, but only some patients will develop chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) with skin changes or venous ulcer. The pathophysiology of venous ulcer development is complex, and may involve abnormalities in coagulation, ...

Background: The etiology of thrombangitis obliterans is still unclear. Although cellular infiltration of the vessel wall is known, no studies on peripheral blood mononuclear cells are reported. Therefore, we assessed leucocyte subpopulations and ...

Background: Traditionally, patients with acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are treated with strict bed rest for several days to avoid clots from breaking off and causing pulmonary emboli. The purpose of this study is to give a precise estimate of short ...

Background: Chronic ulceration as a complication of arteriosclerotic disease, venous congestion or diabetes mellitus is still a serious clinical problem, resulting in immobilization, extended hospitalization and cost-intensive treatment. Other than ...

Background: Long term results of systemic lysis therapy with ultrahigh-dose urokinase (UHUK) in reopening aorto-iliac occlusive disease have not yet been evaluated. This prospective trial investigates the long-term primary patency rate, the rate of ...

While for the surgical treatment there are the transgluteal and the retroperitoneal approach, the alternative radiological modality is less invasive. It is performed by a from contralateral placed guidant-catheter in combination with a tracker catheter ...

While blindness is one of the typical clinical presentations of temporal arteritis, tongue necrosis, on the other hand, is an unusual complication of the disease. An 80 year old male patient presenting a sudden massive swelling of the tongue was admitted ...

A rare case of a 79-year old women with dysphagia and dyspnea secondary to compression of the esophagus by an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA, A. lusoria) is presented. This abnormality is generally silent and often an incidental x-ray finding. ...

The compression syndrom of the posterior circumflex humeral artery is an infrequent vascular compression syndrome and differential diagnosis of the thoracic outlet- and the hypothenar-hammer-syndrom. The diagnosis includes a complete interview and a ...