JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY Volume 61, Number 6S

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P ¼ .01). Women were in minority (67 of 280 [24%]), older (82 vs 78 years, P ¼ .002), and had smaller aortic diameter (73 vs 85 mm, P ¼ .002) compared with men. The 30-day mortality for women and men was similar (37%, P ¼ .86). Women and men had a similar proportion of endovascular aneurysm repair (31% vs 25%, P ¼ .51). In the age-matched analysis, women had smaller aneurysms (73.4 vs 84.7 mm, P ¼ .013), lower body mass index (22.5 vs 26.8 kg/m2, P < .001), and less cardiac disease (28% vs 45%, P ¼ .05) but a similar aortic size index (4.09 vs 4.23, P ¼ .81). Operation rate did not differ between genders (71.6% vs 59.7% in men, P ¼ .146). Conclusions: Almost one-fourth of persons with rAAA admitted to a hospital will not be treated with a vascular intervention. Larger aneurysms and older age rather than gender is associated with not receiving treatment. This discrepancy compared with other reports could possibly depend upon the inclusion of all untreated patients that are older and sicker than the treated cohort. Author Disclosures: R. Hultgren: Nothing to disclose; M. Gambe: Nothing to disclose; S. Zommorodi: Nothing to disclose; J. Roy: Nothing to disclose. Paradoxical Association Between Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Functional Mobility in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease Rishi Kundi1, Odessa Addison1, Richa Patel2, Andrew P. Goldberg1, Alice S. Ryan1, Steven J. Prior1, Brajesh K. Lal1. 1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; 2University of Maryland, Baltimore, Reisterstown, Md Objectives: The cognitive and intellectual consequences of asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid stenosis (ACS) are an area of active research, but the impact of ACS on physical and mobility function remains unknown. We tested the hypothesis that ACS is a predictor of mobility function and quality of life in older patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). To our knowledge, this is the first investigation of mobility dysfunction associated with ACS in PAD patients. Methods: Patients with clinical Rutherford class I-III PAD and ankle-brachial indices (ABIs) of

A case of chemotherapy-induced congestive heart failure successfully treated with Chinese herbal medicine.

A case is presented to illustrate a potential effect of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formulas in treating chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity...
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