Search Results - "Brewster, Luke"
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Frailty increases the risk of 30-day mortality, morbidity, and failure to rescue after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair independent of age and comorbidities
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-02-2015)“…Background Frailty, defined as a biologic syndrome of decreased reserve and resistance to stressors, has been linked to adverse outcomes after surgery. We…”
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Association of Statin Dose With Amputation and Survival in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (03-04-2018)“…BACKGROUND:Statin dose guidelines for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are largely based on coronary artery disease and stroke data. The aim of…”
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Race and Socioeconomic Status Independently Affect Risk of Major Amputation in Peripheral Artery Disease
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (23-01-2018)“…Background Black race has been shown to be a risk factor for amputation in peripheral artery disease (PAD); however, race has been argued to be a marker for…”
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Perfusion Assessment in Critical Limb Ischemia: Principles for Understanding and the Development of Evidence and Evaluation of Devices: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (17-09-2019)“…There are >12 million patients with peripheral artery disease in the United States. The most severe form of peripheral artery disease is critical limb ischemia…”
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Poor glycemic control is a strong predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing vascular surgery
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-04-2019)“…Hyperglycemia is a common occurrence in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. It has been identified in several surgical cohorts that improved…”
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Gender and frailty predict poor outcomes in infrainguinal vascular surgery
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-03-2016)“…Abstract Background Women have poorer outcomes after vascular surgery as compared to men as shown by studies recently. Frailty is also an independent risk…”
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High hemoglobin A 1c associated with increased adverse limb events in peripheral arterial disease patients undergoing revascularization
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-01-2018)“…Diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are independently associated with increased risk of amputation. However, the effect of poor glycemic control on…”
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Human diabetic mesenchymal stem cells from peripheral arterial disease patients promote angiogenesis through unique secretome signatures
Published in Surgery (01-04-2018)“…Diabetic patients are at increased risk of complications from severe peripheral arterial disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) may be useful in limiting these…”
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A novel platelet lysate hydrogel for endothelial cell and mesenchymal stem cell-directed neovascularization
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-05-2016)“…[Display omitted] Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) hold promise in promoting vascular regeneration of ischemic tissue in conditions like critical limb ischemia of…”
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Disturbed Flow Promotes Arterial Stiffening Through Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1)
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (26-09-2017)“…BACKGROUND—Arterial stiffness and wall shear stress are powerful determinants of cardiovascular health, and arterial stiffness is associated with increased…”
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Preoperative Frailty Increases Risk of Nonhome Discharge after Elective Vascular Surgery in Home-Dwelling Patients
Published in Annals of vascular surgery (01-08-2016)“…Background Patient-centered quality outcomes such as disposition after surgery are increasingly being scrutinized. Preoperative factors predictive of nonhome…”
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Myoglobinemia, Peripheral Arterial Disease, and Patient Mortality
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-04-2023)“…Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) causes leg muscle damage due to inadequate perfusion and increases cardiovascular events and mortality 2- to 3-fold. It is…”
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Search Engines to Capture Missing Deaths From Institutional Data Warehouse
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-02-2024)“…Clinical publications use mortality as a hard end point. It is unknown how many patient deaths are under-reported in institutional databases. The objective of…”
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An endovascular model of ischemic myopathy from peripheral arterial disease
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-09-2017)“…Abstract Objective Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a significant age-related medical condition with limited pharmacologic options. Severe PAD, termed…”
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Reversible secretome and signaling defects in diabetic mesenchymal stem cells from peripheral arterial disease patients
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-12-2018)“…Regenerative medicine seeks to stall or to reverse the pathologic consequences of chronic diseases. Many people with diabetes have peripheral arterial disease…”
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Hydrogen Sulfide Levels and Nuclear Factor‐Erythroid 2‐Related Factor 2 (NRF2) Activity Are Attenuated in the Setting of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (01-05-2015)“…Background Cystathionine γ‐lyase, cystathionine β‐synthase, and 3‐mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase are endogenous enzymatic sources of hydrogen sulfide…”
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Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-06-2016)“…Objective Women undergoing vascular surgery have higher morbidity and mortality. Our study explores gender-based differences in patient-centered outcomes such…”
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Dyslipidemia impairs collateral artery formation after hindlimb ischemia: Adding insult to injury
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Advances, Pauses, and Future Opportunity for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in the Trauma Population
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (21-03-2023)“…Background Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is estimated to affect 7% of the adult population in the United States; however, there is currently little…”
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