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Maintaining Vascular Access Response in a Severely COVID-19 Hit Country
Castro, João Diogo; Almeida, Paulo; Sousa, Clemente; Teles, Paulo; De Matos, NortonIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption in healthcare systems worldwide, and Portugal was no exception. We analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in activity of our Vascular Access Center (Grupo Estudos Vasculares - GEV). Material and methods: This is a retrospective study, during March 2019 and February 2021. An analysis of surgical and appointments records in 2,495 pati...
CHIMNEY TECHNIQUE FOR TREATMENT OF A SYMPTOMATIC ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN A...
Castro, João Diogo; Sá Pinto, Pedro; Gonçalves, João; Ferreira, Vítor; Veterano, Carlos; Veiga, Carlos; Teixeira, Gabriela; Antunes, InêsqThe number of patients treated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) increased considerably in the last decades. Even though open surgery remains the gold standard for AAA treatment, endovascular techniques like Chimney grafts (CGs) showed to be reliable to treat patients with contraindications for conventional surgery and hostile neck aneurysms.CGs are off-the-shelf stents which are accessible and use...