Active clinical trials for "Peripheral Arterial Disease"

The medical device "Vascular Join" represents a new anastomotic technology that should reduce the inter-surgeons variability in anastomosis construction and increase the performances in terms of results. It allows a perfect mechanical anastomosis without suture, avoiding the disadvantages of operation length and difficulty of the act, thrombosis, clamping and embolism. The "Vascular Join" creates automatically the connection between the vein or prosthesis at both ends and bridging the artery while preventing the passage of the needle and suture through the vessel wall and clamping pressure. This makes it very easy to construct a vascular anastomosis using the endoscopic technique less traumatic for the patient, lessen the pain of the patient, thereby reducing health care costs by reducing the length of hospital stay. No part of the device is in contact with the patient's blood because the whole system remains in the thickness of the arterial wall and outside the vessel. Thus, the formation of intimal hyperplasia is greatly diminished and the risk of occlusion of the anastomosis is less than the currently available risk when a suture is used. This risk is shown by studies on animals in labs, with a mean follow up of 12 months. The Vascular Join creates a perfect congruence of anastomosed vessels because it allows a perfect match between each vascular tunic. The medical device Vascular Join has been designed in order to: Reduce the suture time; Reduce the risk of occlusion of vein after the surgical process; Avoid the contact risk between the external material steel (surgical needle) and blood; Standardize the quality of anastomoses independently of the skill of the surgeon.

The investigators have previously shown that elective vascular surgery is a high-risk operation with an anticipated risk of either death or heart attack of 15%. This study is testing whether a protocol of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) applied 24 hours prior to the operation is safe, feasible and reduces the incidence of an adverse, perioperative cardiac complication.

Specific Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that subjects with PAD and intermittent claudication have altered expression of genes that regulate skeletal muscle metabolism. Specific Aim 2: To test the hypothesis that exercise training improves calf skeletal muscle insulin resistance and genes that regulate skeletal muscle metabolic function in PAD patients with intermittent claudication.

The purpose of this study is to find out if subjecting cardiac high risk patients to non invasive cardiac imaging, followed by treatment will improve survival and quality of life

The pathophysiology of acute ischemic pain is not well established. The aim of the present study was to investigate acute ischemic pain in humans with a view to establish a scientific model to perform future studies. The investigators examined whether peripheral nerve damage and acute inflammation occur during short episodes of acute ischemia.

This randomized clinical study is intended to evaluate the use of Zilver PTX stents for treatment of thigh atherosclerosis. Research question: Is there an adjuvant benefit of angioplasty and stenting using the new paclitaxel eluting stent, Zilver-PTX, over risk factor modification and medical therapy alone in patients with stable, mild to moderate intermittent claudication caused by femoropopliteal lesions suitable for endovascular management.

Introduction: the peripheral obstructive arterial disease is an condition that affects around 15% of the world population interfering in muscle strength, life quality and functional capacity of patients.

one-centered, open, non-randomized, controlled clinical trial will focus on a comprehensive study of the clinical, functional and molecular biochemical characteristics of the natural course of COPD in combination with peripheral atherosclerosis

The primary objective of the study is to establish the prevalence of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD), defined as an ankle-brachial index of less than or equal to 0.9, in subjects with at least two of the specified cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, with no overt cardiovascular disease.

No significant differences is expected in observed motion artifacts, heat or pain reported during peripheral DSA performed for diagnostic and/or endovascular therapeutic purposes.