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Journal of Vascular Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 3

2026 June - 8 articles

Cover Story: Acute aortic dissection is one of cardiovascular surgery’s clearest tests of readiness: the right diagnosis, team, operating room, and postoperative support must align before time runs out. This study is important because it investigates whether those elements are better delivered in high-volume or specialized aortic centers, and what that should mean for patients, surgeons, hospitals, and regional systems of care. For the individual patient, aortic-center care may represent the difference between isolated expertise and coordinated rescue. For health systems, it raises a larger question: should complex aortic emergencies be organized like trauma, stroke, or STEMI networks? As cardiovascular surgery advances, defining aortic centers by measurable capability and not reputation alone will be essential to building faster, fairer, and more reliable care for acute aortic syndromes. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
589 Views
15 Pages

Association Between Self-Reported Faster Walking Pace and Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Relation to the Status of Atherosclerosis

  • Yuji Shimizu,
  • Asuka Oyama,
  • Yuko Noguchi,
  • Mutsumi Matsuu-Matsuyama,
  • Koichiro Hamada,
  • Shin-Ya Kawashiri,
  • Hirotomo Yamanashi,
  • Seiko Nakamichi,
  • Yasuhiro Nagata and
  • Naomi Hayashida
  • + 1 author

Background/Objectives: This study examined the association between self-reported walking pace and subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in relation to atherosclerotic status, as both walking pace and SCH have been linked to an increased risk of all-cause...

(This article belongs to the Section Peripheral Vascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
285 Views
12 Pages

Exercise Selection and Rest Interval Duration Differentially Affect Post-Exercise Cardiac Autonomic Responses Following Resistance Training

  • Ryan Cysne Mire Corrêa,
  • Jhonatan Martins de Souza,
  • Giovane Coimbra Nascimento,
  • Pedro Tuma Leonardo and
  • Gustavo Vieira de Oliveira

Objectives: This study investigated the effects of exercise selection and rest interval duration on post-exercise cardiac autonomic modulation following resistance exercise (RE). Methods: Eleven (4 females) resistance-trained individuals performed a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
657 Views
14 Pages

Age and Gender Differences in Blood Viscosity: Clinical Laboratory Insights for Diabetes Management

  • Jovita I. Mbah,
  • Phillip T. Bwititi,
  • Prajwal Gyawali,
  • Lin Kooi Ong and
  • Ezekiel U. Nwose

Introduction: Blood viscosity is elevated in diabetes and is inversely related to blood flow. The pathology evidence base associated with blood stasis, namely hematocrit and serum total protein levels, is negatively correlated with age, but affordabl...

(This article belongs to the Section Peripheral Vascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,175 Views
19 Pages

Background: While cardiovascular diseases (CVD) manifest in adulthood, vascular changes may begin in childhood. Early markers of CVD, such as carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), have not been well studied in children in the African setting. The po...

(This article belongs to the Section Cardiovascular Diseases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
880 Views
42 Pages

Transgender Vascular Health: Interactions Between Gender Identity, Hormone Therapy, and Vascular Disease Risk

  • Davide Costa,
  • Nicola Ielapi,
  • Alessia Talarico,
  • Antonio Mazza and
  • Raffaele Serra

Transgender individuals face unique challenges in vascular health due to the complex interactions between gender identity, psychosocial determinants of health, and medical interventions such as gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). Growing evidenc...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
663 Views
15 Pages

Conceptualizing Aortic Center Potential in Acute Aortic Dissections: A Systematic Review of Volume Thresholds and Outcomes in U.S. Studies

  • Nana Kwadwo Okraku-Yirenkyi,
  • Jeanine Williams,
  • Aimee Sun,
  • Ramya Natarajan,
  • John Crawford and
  • Charles West

Background: Acute aortic dissection compresses diagnosis, transfer, and operative readiness into a narrow time window in which hospital capability may influence survival. Yet U.S. studies define specialized or high-volume care inconsistently, limitin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
916 Views
7 Pages

Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis: Endovascular Management in Three Different Scenarios

  • Gustavo Paludetto,
  • Natália de Carvalho Trevizoli,
  • Alexandre Augusto Giovanini,
  • Lethícia Mesquita Valadão,
  • Hícaro do Carmo Moreira,
  • Matheus Santos Cordón and
  • Gustavo Testoni Paludetto

Background: Acute portal vein thrombosis (aPVT) is a severe complication of the splanchnic venous system, often associated with portal hypertension, intestinal ischemia, and hepatic dysfunction. Anticoagulation is the first-line therapy but is freque...

(This article belongs to the Section Peripheral Vascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
734 Views
10 Pages

Mechanical Thrombectomy with the Vecta 46 Catheter: A Safety and Outcome Analysis

  • Hunter Hutchinson,
  • Chloe DeYoung,
  • Danyas Sarathy,
  • Grace Hey,
  • Wiley Gillam,
  • Shawna Amini,
  • Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury,
  • Brandon Lucke-Wold,
  • Zachary Sorrentino and
  • Matthew Koch

Objective: The AXS Vecta 46 intermediate catheter (Stryker) features a large inner diameter, enabling effective aspiration, combined with a small outer diameter and soft distal-tip flexibility, which allows for safe tracking through more tortuous and...

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J. Vasc. Dis. - ISSN 2813-2475