50 Studies Every Vascular Surgeon Should Know

Section 1: Secondary Prevention in Peripheral Arterial Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Andrew Garnham 1. Clopidogrel Versus Aspirin in Patients at Risk of Ischemic Events (CAPRIE): A Randomized, Blinded Trial 2. Rivaroxaban With or Without Aspirin in Patients with Stable Peripheral or Carotid Artery Disease: Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS), an International, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial 3. Rivaroxaban in Peripheral Artery Disease After Revascularization (VOYAGER) 4. UK Medical Research Council/British Heart Foundation Heart Protection Study of Cholesterol Lowering with Simvastatin in 20,536 High-Risk Individuals: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial 5. Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Cilostazol, Naftidrofuryl Oxalate, and Pentoxifylline for the Treatment of Intermittent Claudication Section 2: Cerebrovascular Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Alok Tiwari 6. Analysis of Pooled Data from the Randomized Controlled Trials of Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis 7. Early Endarterectomy Carries a Lower Procedural Risk Than Early Stenting in Patients with Symptomatic Stenosis of the Internal Carotid Artery 8. Prevention of Disabling and Fatal Strokes by Successful Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients Without Recent Neurologic Symptoms: First Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST-1), a Randomized Controlled Trial 9. Safety of Stenting and Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 10. Second Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST-2): A Randomized Comparison of Carotid Artery Stenting Versus Carotid Endarterectomy 11. General Anesthesia Versus Local Anesthesia for Carotid Surgery (GALA): A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial 12. Prospective Randomized Trial of Carotid Endarterectomy with Primary Closure and Patch Angioplasty with Saphenous Vein, Jugular Vein, and Polytetrafluoroethylene: Long-Term Follow-up Section 3: Thoracic Outlet Julien Al Shakarchi and Andrew Garnham 13. A Decade of Excellent Outcomes After Surgical Intervention in 538 Patients with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 14. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for the Management of Paget-Schroetter Syndrome Section 4: Thoracic Aortic Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Donald Adam 15. Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Type B Aortic Dissection: The Investigation of Stent Grafts in Aortic Dissection (INSTEAD) Trial 16. Outcomes of 3,309 Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repairs 17. Long-Term Results of Endovascular Repair for Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Section 5: Abdominal Aortic Disease Julien Al Shakarchi 18. Multicenter Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS): Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Based on 4-Year Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial 19. Long-Term Outcomes of Immediate Repair Compared with Surveillance of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: United Kingdom Small Aneurysm Trial (UKSAT) 20. Endovascular Repair Compared with Surveillance for Patients with Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Positive Impact of Endovascular Options for Treating Aneurysms Early (PIVOTAL) Trial 21. Endovascular Versus Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in 15 Years' Follow-up of the UK Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Trial 1 (EVAR 1): A Randomized Controlled Trial 22. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Physically Ineligible for Open Repair (EVAR 2) 23. Open Versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (OVER) 24. Endovascular or Open Repair Strategy for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: 30-Day Outcomes from the Immediate Management of Patients with Rupture: Open Versus Endovascular Repair (IMPROVE) Randomized Trial 25. Meta-analysis of Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Versus Open Surgical Repair of Juxtarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Section 6: Visceral and Renal Arterial Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Richard Downing 26. Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: The Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesion (CORAL) Trial 27. Patient Survival After Open and Endovascular Mesenteric Revascularization for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia 28. Splenic Artery Aneurysms: Two Decades of Experience at the Mayo Clinic 29. Renal Artery Aneurysms: A 35-Year Clinical Experience with 252 Aneurysms in 168 Patients 30. Open and Laparoscopic Treatment of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Section 7: Peripheral Arterial Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Lewis Meecham 31. Supervised Exercise Versus Primary Stenting for Claudication Resulting from Aortoiliac Peripheral Artery Disease: The Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal Revascularization (CLEVER) Study 32. Absence of Long-Term Benefit of Revascularization in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: The Invasive Revascularization or Not in Intermittent Claudication (IRONIC) Study 33. Autologous Saphenous Vein and Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Grafts in Infra-inguinal Arterial Reconstructions: A 6-Year Prospective Multicenter Randomized Comparison 34. Bypass Versus Angioplasty in Severe Ischemia of the Leg (BASIL): A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial 35. Is Duplex Surveillance of Value After Leg Vein Bypass Grafting? Principal Results of the Vein Graft Surveillance Randomized Trial (VGST) 36. Dutch Iliac Stent Trial: Long-Term Results in Patients Randomized for Primary or Selective Stent Placement 37. Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Stents in the Femoropopliteal Artery of the Leg: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 38. Meta-analysis of Open and Endovascular Repair of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms 39. A Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Section 8: Venous Disease Julien Al Shakarchi and Isaac Nyamekye 40. Long-Term Outcome After Additional Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Versus Standard Treatment for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis (the CaVenT Study): A Randomized Controlled Trial 41. Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Deep Vein Thrombosis: The Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (ATTRACT) Trial 42. Long-Term Results of Compression Therapy Alone Versus Compression Plus Surgery in Chronic Venous Ulceration: The Effect of Surgery and Compression on Healing and Recurrence (ESCHAR) Study, a Randomized Controlled Trial 43. A Randomized Trial of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration: The Early Venous Reflux Ablation (EVRA) Trial 44. 5-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Treatments for Varicose Veins: The Comparison of Laser, Surgery, and Foam Sclerotherapy (CLASS) Trial 45. Comparison of Endovenous Ablation Techniques, Foam Sclerotherapy, and Surgical Stripping for Great Saphenous Varicose Veins: Extended 5-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial 46. 2-Year Results of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Mechanochemical Endovenous Ablation to Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Primary Great Saphenous Vein Incompetence: The MARADONA Trial Section 9: Vascular Access Julien Al Shakarchi and Nicholas Inston 47. Multiple Preoperative and Intraoperative Factors Predict Early Fistula Thrombosis: The Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation (HFM) Study 48. Long-Term Functional Patency and Cost-Effectiveness of Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Under Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Section 10: Trauma Julien Al Shakarchi and Jack Fairhead 49. Durability of Endovascular Repair in Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury: Long-Term Outcome from Four Tertiary Referral Centers 50. A Multicenter Trial of Vena Cava Filters in Severely Injured Patients