Due to its high association with Raynaud’s phenomenon systemic sclerosis (SSc) is probably the most common connective tissue disease seen by vascular specialists. In part 1 of our systematic overview we summarize classification concepts of scleroderma ...

Here we give an overview over treatment recommendations propagated by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group, the German Network for Systemic Sclerosis, the European Respiratory Society, and the ...

Paradoxical emboli have their origin in the low-pressure venous system and can cause ischemic stroke or peripheral arterial embolism through a cardiac or pulmonary shunt. In most cases, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is found. About 20 % of the population ...

Backround: Aortic elastic properties have been shown to be an important predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Hyperthyroidism was shown to be an important cause of impaired aortic elastic properties both due to the direct effect of the ...

Background: To investigate the relationship between brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (BaPWV), radial augmentation index (radial AI), ankle-brachial index (ABI), and carotid intima-media thickness (carotid-IMT), and to study the prevalence and ...

Background: To evaluate retrospectively our initial clinical experience of agitation thrombolysis and balloon dilation in the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) in patients with fresh inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. Patients and methods: Between ...

Although persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is rare, it is the most common thoracic venous anomaly. The prevalence of PLSVC is 0.3 % in a general population and 10 % in patients with congenital heart disease. Diagnosis of PLSVC is usually ...

The leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignant tumour of the venous system. The recurrence of the tumour after previous initial surgical resection is common and occurs in more than half of the patients. Surgical resection of a ...

We present the case of a 45-year-old male patient with a large aneurysm of the inferior mesenteric artery complicated by mid aortic syndrome with occlusion of the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery. The vascular pathology was detected by CT ...

Thrombin injection is frequently used to occlude iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms in larger vessels, but has never successfully been used in the radial artery location. Here we report the use of this treatment in a patient with radial artery pseudoaneurysm ...