
Renato CasanaI.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano · Surgical Department Capitanio - Università degli Studi di Milano
Renato Casana
Director Vascular Surgery Research Experimental Laboratory - Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
October 2008 - February 2019
September 2014 - January 2019
January 2005 - January 2007
Postgraduate School of Vascular Surgery , University of Milan
Position
- Professor (Associate)
Description
- Teaching award for technical and application notes to the Course " Cardiovascular Diseases "
Education
February 2007 - February 2008
University of Milan - Postgraduate University Course
Field of study
- Endovascular Treatment of the Supra-aortic Trunks lesions
January 2007 - January 2008
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Master Endovascular Techniques M.E.T.
Field of study
April 1992 - April 1997
University of Milan - Postgraduated School in Vascular Surgery (70 cum laude)
Field of study
- Thesis: “Carotid endoarterectomy with use of bovine stabilized pericardium patch”
Publications
Publications (90)
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate and address the question surrounding the determination of the optimal endograft length of coverage during TEVAR for type B aortic dissection (TBAD), with a particular emphasis on the distal landing zone (DLZ). Data sources: MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were used. Methods: The...
Background:
Arterial stiffness, particularly aortic stiffness (AoS), is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Endovascular repair for abdominal (EVAR) and thoracic (TEVAR) aortic disease may increase AoS. This study protocol aims to assess changes in AoS before and after interventions for aortic disease.
Methods:
Patients...
Introduction:
Meta-analyses and emerging randomized data indicate that second-generation ('mesh') carotid stents (SGS) may improve outcomes versus conventional (single-layer) stents but clinically-relevant differences in individual SGS-type performance have been identified. No comparisons exist for SGS versus carotid endarterectomy (CEA).
Evidenc...
The sapheno-femoral junction (SFJ) and the great saphenous vein (GSV) are recognized as one of the main sources of reflux in chronic venous disease. Moreover, reflux time is considered as the main parameter to characterize GSV disease. Despite this, it is well-known in the clinical practice that not all patients with SFJ/GSV reflux are similar, in...
Background: In asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS), different plaque types, i.e. lipidic (LP), fibrous (FP), and calcific (CP), could have different hemodynamic and structural behaviors.
Methods: Different carotid plaques, reconstructed from medical imaging of ACS >70%, were analyzed by computing fluid structure interaction (FSI), modeling the spat...
The term “recurrence” in chronic venous disease remains not yet well defined, despite numerous reports describing patterns and causes of the presence of recurrent varicose veins (RVVs). Moreover, saphenous trunk recanalization (STR) has also been documented as one of the major source of RVVs and it is widely used to indicate the “failure” of endove...
Chronic venous disorders (CVD) of the lower limbs can be treated with different strategies. Typically, conservative management is based on compression therapy, anticoagulants and venoactive drugs. Endovenous treatments remain the gold standard to treat saphenous insufficiency, with sclerotherapy and surgery maintaining a role in selected cases. In...
Quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic venous disorders has a central role to decide the correct treatment approach. In particular, in case of mini-invasive therapy, such as endovenous radiofrequency ablation (RFA), the postoperative QoL improvement remains one of the most important outcome to be reached. Despite this, very few data are pub...
Purpose
The aim of this retrospective single-center study is to describe and analyze short-, mid-, and long-term risk factors for great saphenous vein (GSV) recanalization after endovenous radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
Materials and methods
All consecutive patients with GSV incompetence and varicose veins underwent RFA were enrolled between 2009...
A 41-year-old male presented for pain treated with oxycodone. A zone-2 thoracic endovascular aortic repair with distal PETTICOAT (provisional extension to induce complete attachment) for complicated Type-IIIb aortic dissection was performed 18 months before. Repeated hospitalizations did not show any issues to justify the recurrent pain. The aortic...
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to compare and to test the performance of all available risk scoring systems (RSSs) designed to predict long-term survival rate in asymptomatic candidate patients for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for significant carotid artery stenosis.
METHODS
Data on asymptomatic patients who underwent CEA in three high-volume c...
Introduction:
Since the outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19), vascular specialists have faced dramatic changes in clinical and surgical practice. Although COVID-19 pulmonary signs and symptoms were the most pertinent problems initially, in the long term, cardiovascular complications became the most fearsome, with poor outcomes in terms of m...
The acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the COVID-19 disease, a global pandemic. A strong association has been documented between COVID-19 and cardiovascular events, although the exact pathophysiological mechanism is still unclear. Carotid atherothrombosis and ischemic stroke represents one of the possible sever...
BACKGROUND
A total percutaneous approach for management of aortic pathologies with endovascular grafts requires the use of large size delivery-systems. The diameter of these delivery systems usually exceeds the recommended sizes for most of the currently available percutaneous closure devices. A safe, effective and simple vascular access site closu...
Background
Among asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis but no recent stroke or transient cerebral ischaemia, either carotid artery stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can restore patency and reduce long-term stroke risks. However, from recent national registry data, each option causes about 1% procedural risk of disab...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has profoundly affected all aspects of medicine and surgery. Vascular surgery practice and interventions were also forced to change in order to deal with new COVID-19–related priorities and emergencies. In this setting, difficulties in aortic disease management were two-fold: new vascular complicatio...
Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that leads to accumulation of deposits, known as atherosclerotic plaques, within the walls of the carotids. In particular, three types of plaque can be distinguished: soft, fibrous and calcific. Most of the computational studies who investigated the interplay between the plaque and the blood flow on patient-spe...
Coexistence of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and severe aortic pathology is extremely rare; nonetheless, the association between these two diseases is fascinating. Here we present a unique case report of a patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and aortic arch aneurysm treated by a single surgical procedure
Background: In the current literature, correlations between a contralateral carotid artery occlusion (CCO) with mortality and major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events (MACCE) rates after carotid artery stenting (CAS) are often described with controversial conclusions. Moreover, long-term results of mortality, MACCE and restenosis rate are sc...
Aim: To investigate the influence of the aortic arch type on technical and clinical success of carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedure.
Material and methods: Clinical and anatomical data of consecutive patients who underwent CAS from 2010 to 2018 were prospectively collected and retrospectively analyzed. Primary outcome was technical success, defin...
Background:
Patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis recently treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are always classified as at high risk for surgery, given that they are required uninterrupted dual antiplatelet therapy. In this regard, carotid artery stenting (CAS) may represent a v...
Objectives
Carotid artery stenosis is thought to cause up to 10% of ischemic strokes. Historically, carotid artery endarterectomy has shown a higher risk of perioperative adverse events for women. More recent trials reported conflicting results regarding the benefit of carotid artery endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting for men and women. The...
Carotid artery stenosis is thought to cause up to 10% of ischemic strokes. Till now, the optimal treatment between carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) remains debated, in particular for specific subgroups of patients. Available data suggest that female have higher risk of perioperative adverse events, but conflicting resu...
Purpose:
This single centre study investigates the influence of diabetes mellitus on outcomes following carotid artery endarterectomy or stenting.
Methods:
In total, 752 carotid revascularizations (58.2% carotid artery stenting and 41.8% carotid endarterectomy) were performed in 221 (29.4%) patients with diabetes and 532 (70.6%) patients without...
Purpose
Endovascular ablation of the great saphenous vein has been proposed as a less invasive alternative to conventional ligation and stripping of varicose veins. Outcomes of patients treated with the radiofrequency ablation ClosureFast™ system over an eight-year period from a single-center were evaluated.
Methods
Three-year follow-up data inclu...
Objective/background:
Plaque protrusion through stent struts represents one of the principal causes of cerebral embolisation during carotid artery stenting (CAS) and the stent healing period. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety (technical success) and efficacy (clinical success) of the CGuard stent system - a new nitinol stent covered...
Aims:
The aim of the present study was to evaluate peri-procedural and 30-day outcomes in a prospective series of patients treated with the CGuard embolic prevention stent system (EPS).
Methods and results:
From April 2015 to June 2016 a physician-initiated prospective multicenter study was performed in 200 consecutive patients admitted to prote...
Objective/background:
Several plaque and lesion characteristics have been associated with an increased risk for procedural stroke during or shortly after carotid artery stenting (CAS). While technical advancements in stent design and cerebral protection devices (CPD) may help reduce the procedural stroke risk, and anatomy remains important, tailor...
Abstract
Rationale: Restenosis due to intimal hyperplasia (IH) is a major clinical issue that affects the success of lower limb endovascular surgery. After 1 year, restenosis occurs in 40% to 60% of the treated vessels. The possibility to reduce IH using local antiproliferative drugs, such as taxols, has been the rationale for the clinical applica...
Rationale
Restenosis due to intimal hyperplasia (IH) is a major clinical issue that affects the success of lower limb endovascular surgery. After 1 year, restenosis occurs in 40% to 60% of the treated vessels. The possibility to reduce IH using local antiproliferative drugs, such as taxols, has been the rationale for the clinical applications of dr...
According to the World Health Organization, every year, 5 million peoples die for stroke and another 5 million are permanently disabled. Although there are many causes of acute stroke, a common treatable cause of acute stroke is atheromatous narrowing at the carotid bifurcation. Carotid endarterectomy is still the standard of car, even if carotid a...
Restenosis due to intimal hyperplasia is a major clinical problem that compromises the success of angioplasty and endovascular surgery. Resveratrol (RSV) has demonstrated a beneficial effect on restenosis from angioplasty. Unfortunately, the physicochemical characteristics of RSV reduce the practicality of its immediate clinical application. This w...
During the past 30 years, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rodents became one of the most commonly used model in cardiovascular research. Appropriate pain-prevention appears critical since it may influence the outcome and the results obtained with this model. However, there are no proper guidelines for pain management in rats undergoing th...
OBJECTIVES:
ACST-2 is currently the largest trial ever conducted to compare carotid artery stenting (CAS) with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis requiring revascularization.
METHODS:
Patients are entered into ACST-2 when revascularization is felt to be clearly indicated, when CEA and CAS are both p...
Purpose
To report the results of carotid artery stenting (CAS) in symptomatic patients (stroke/transient ischemic attack) after recent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Methods
Between January 2009 and July 2011, 28 consecutive patients (18 women; mean age 66 years, range 42–82) underwent prot...
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a validated option in the treatment of selected extracranial carotid artery stenosis. Carotid artery dissection during CAS is a rare but potentially devastating complication. We report a case of acute dissection and thrombosis of the left internal carotid artery during filter tip wire engaging maneuvers, complicated...
WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS
The need for a large-scale randomized trial comparing CEA versus CAS: A Cochrane meta-analysis of CEA versus
CAS trials (mainly in symptomatic patients) states “There is a strong case to continue recruitment in current
randomized trials comparing carotid stenting with endarterectomy”. Multicentre large clinical trials are parti...
AIM: To evaluate the benefit of endovascular peripheral revascularization on glucose control in patients with chronic limb is-chemia. METHODS AND RESULTS: Over a 12 month pe-riod, 61 patients (41 male, range 49-88 years of age) presenting with critical limb ischemia (CLI) were treated according to the Trans Atlantic Inter Society Consensus (TASC II...
A 58-year-old Caucasian lady presented for severe left internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. Two months before she was operated for right carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in another Institution, complicated with internal carotid artery thrombosis and development of transient hemiplegia and aphasia. Postoperative selective DSA showed the development o...
We read with interest the recent excellent review by Yang et al.1 of aberrant subclavian artery pathologies. We particularly appreciated their description of the classification system for these lesions and the summary of published data with the different treatment options. However, we believe we can suggest a new alternative. We recently had occasi...
To evaluate the benefit of endovascular peripheral revascularization on glucose control in patients with chronic limb ischemia.
Over a 12 month period, 61 patients (41 male, range 49-88 years of age) presenting with critical limb ischemia (CLI) were treated according to the Trans Atlantic Inter Society Consensus (TASC II) guidelines. After dischar...
Introduction:
Endovascular obliteration of the great saphenous vein (GSV) has been proposed as an alternative to conventional extirpative treatment of varicose veins.
Materials and methods:
This report reviewed the initial experience with the ClosureFAST™ procedure in 407 legs over a one-year period. Occlusion of the GSV was seen on 98 % of comp...
Endovascular surgery data are confirming the paramount role of modern endovascular tools for a safe and sure exclusion of thoracoabdominal lesions.
A 57-year-old female presented with severe comorbidity affected by a 58 mm thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA). After patient-informed consent and local Ethical Committee and Italian Public Health M...
The aim of this preliminary study is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of CAS as treatment option to endarterectomy when carotid shunt cannot be used safely.
The medical records concerning 469 carotid stenosis treated between January 2006 and December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed, focusing on cross-clamp intolerance during CEA. Patient...
Purpose: Type A acute aortic dissection is a surgical emergency, and supra-aortic trunk involvement may be complicated by stroke in 6% to 20% of cases. A 66-year-old Caucasian female patient underwent a composite repair of the ascending aorta for type A aortic dissection. Postoperative period was complicated by episodes of “drop attack.” Doppler ul...
The aim of this study was to evaluate mid-term results of endovascular treatment of penetrating aortic ulcers.
Between February 2000 and November 2006, 18 consecutive patients underwent endovascular treatment of the descending thoracic aorta (N=16) and abdominal infrarenal aorta (N=2) for penetrating aortic ulcer, in a single University Hospital. D...
Purpose
To compare self-expanding and balloon-expandable stent-grafts in terms of aortic neck dilatation and endograft migration.
Method
Two-hundred and forty-two patients (178 men; mean age 68 years, range 56–91) underwent elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Two-hundred self-expanding (115 Excluder, 48 Endologix, 23 Vanguar...
The aim of the study was to report a 20-year single Institution experience, with the early and late outcomes of surgical treatment of inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms.
In a 20-year period, 2 275 consecutive patients underwent elective surgical repair for non-rupture abdominal aortic aneurysm. Fifty-two patients (2.3%) were classified as infl...
Hypertension, hypotension and bradycardia are well-known complications during and after both carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting (CAS) and are due to carotid sinus stimulation which fires vagal responses and inhibits sympathetic activities. Incidence ranges from 29% to 51% in patients undergoing CAS, and hypotension represents the mo...
Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery constitutes an infrequent cause of claudication in non-atherosclerotic young or middle-aged population. Here, we report the case of a 43-year-old female with adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery causing left lower leg claudication, detected by duplex scanning. The angio-CT showed the...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the 30-day outcome of carotid endarterectomy in patients with contralateral carotid artery occlusion and compare it to that in patients with patent contralateral carotid artery. We compared 2,959 carotid endarterectomies performed in patients with patent contralateral internal carotid artery to 373 carotid enda...
To review the manifestation and management of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding caused by secondary aortoenteric fistula (AEF) after infrarenal aortic grafting.
Between 1991 and 2006, nine patients underwent emergency treatment for secondary AEF localized in the duodenum (78%), ileum (11%), or sigmoid colon (11%). Three (33%) patients suffered hypovol...
We report a case of early stent failure in a patient with chronic mesenteric ischemia and its treatment with a retrograde aorto-mesenteric by-pass. The patient was initially treated with angioplasty and stenting. Seven months after the procedure complete thrombosis of the stent was achieved. A retrograde aorto-mesenteric by-pass was performed. Afte...
The purpose of this single-institution study was to describe our 7-year intention-to-treat results, obtained with the use of endovascular techniques for the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA).
From October 1998 until March 2005, a total of 28 patients were admitted or transferred to our department with an rAAA. They were all tr...
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is the first treatment of a dysfunctional vascular access for hemodialysis. A case of stenting of a native arteriovenous hemodialysis fistula is reported that was treated with a stent placement at the anastomosis level, with explantation of the stent after complete thrombosis of the fistula 48 hours after the p...
The aim of this single-institution retrospective study was to review the surgical outcomes of resection of carotid body tumours over the last 20 years in our hospital. From January 1985 to December 2004, 17 patients were admitted to our institution with carotid body tumours. All patients were treated by surgical resection of the tumour. No perioper...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to assess differences between axial computed tomography and duplex ultrasound, based
on measurements of maximal aortic diameter in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. METHODS: From January 2002 until December
2004, 322 patients were admitted with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. All of them underwent abdomina...