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Frailty and outcomes of vascular access for hemodialysis – a scoping review
Dias, Lara R.; Nóbrega, Leandro; Costa-Pereira, Tiago; Ferreira, Joana; Mansilha, Armando; Coentrão, LuísINTRODUCTION: Frailty is an age-related condition related to the decline of physiologic capacity and the increased vulnerability to stressors. It is associated with increased mortality, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs. Dialysis patients, due to age and comorbidities, are especially vulnerable to frailty. The aim of this review was to assess the impact of frailty on outcomes of vascular access for haemodi...
Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognostic in Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease...
Azevedo, Maria; Nóbrega, Leandro; Rocha-Neves, JoãoBackground: Aortoiliac disease (AID) is a variant of peripheral artery disease involving the infrarenal aorta and iliac arteries. Similar to other arterial diseases, aortoiliac disease obstructs blood flow through narrowed lumens or by embolization of plaques. AID, when symptomatic, may present with a triad of claudication, impotence, and absence of femoral pulses, a triad also referred as Leriche Syndrome (LS)...
Arterial access complications in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenat...
Nóbrega, Leandro; Dias, Lara; Moura, Tiago; Paz Dias, Pedro; Sousa, Joel; Roncon, Roberto; Mansilha, ArmandoINTRODUCTION: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been increasing in recent years. Veno-Arterial ECMO (ECMO-VA) is usually deployed in refractory cardiac failure and is mostly cannulated through the common femoral artery. When present, arterial access complications may have important consequences in these patients. Therefore, this work aims to narratively review the available evidence rega...
Outcomes of varicose vein surgery in patients with HIV/AIDS – a nested case-con...
Pereira-Neves, António; Domingues-Monteiro, Diogo; Nóbrega, Leandro; Duarte-Gamas, Luís; Cerqueira, Alfredo; Rocha-Neves, João; Oliveira-Pinto, JoséINTRODUCTION: Currently, people living with HIV/ AIDS (PLWHA) attain a life expectancy similar to a non-HIV population. However, these patients experience a status of chronic inflammation, which is a known cause of arteriopathy. Yet, literature is scarce regarding the potential venous inflammatory effect, especially after varicose vein surgery. The aim of this study was to perform a descriptive analysis alongsi...
The Challenge Of Covid19 In The Management Of Vascular Access For Hemodialysis ...
Afonso, Beatriz; Nóbrega, Leandro; Castro-Ferreira, RicardoIntroduction: Chronic kidney disease prevalence has been increasing worldwide, with an increasing need to deliver an effective treatment. During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic healthcare systems around the world were under stress. Therefore, the aim of this study is to report a single center experience with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation while also evaluating the impa...
Human immunodeficiency virus and carotid artery disease – single center experie...
Pereira-Neves, António; Pereira-Macedo, Juliana; Soares, Tiago; Duarte-Gamas, Luís; Jácome, Filipa; Nóbrega, Leandro; Dias-Neto, MarinaINTRODUCTION: People infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) - seem to have an increased risk of incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, namely stroke of ischemic nature. Additional etiological mechanisms, in addition to aging, appear to lie in chronic virus-mediated inflammation as well as in antiretroviral therapy (ART). The aim of this study was...
VASCULAR SURGERY AND MYOCARDIAL INJURY AFTER NONCARDIAC SURGERY (MINS): LITERAT...
Nóbrega, Leandro; Pereira-Macedo, Juliana; Machado, Neuza; Pereira-Neves, António; Ferreira, Vitor; Oliveira-Pinto, José; Dias-Neto, MarinaINTRODUCTION: After noncardiac surgery, cardiac complications are common. Recently there is one that has gained notoriety as risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS). It has an estimated incidence of 8% and is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Thus, the aim of this paper is to review the available lit...