Disease relevance of Popliteal Artery

• Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery is an unusual condition of uncertain etiology in which a mucin-containing cyst forms in the wall of the popliteal artery and causes symptoms of intermittent claudication, typically in young adults whose arteries are otherwise normal [1].
• The associations of ABI with clinical CHD, stroke, preclinical carotid plaque and IMT of the carotid and popliteal arteries were attenuated and often not statistically significant after further adjustment for LDL cholesterol, cigarette smoking, hypertension and diabetes [2].
• The femoral or popliteal artery in 27 fresh cadavers was injected with radiopaque contrast material to study the gross vascular supply of 54 medical and 50 lateral gastrocnemius muscles [3].
• Cocaine-induced thrombosis of common iliac and popliteal arteries [4].
• Some years ago we detected a lack of platelet high-affinity PGI2 binding sites in a 10 year-old girl who presented to the outpatient unit with clinical symptoms and signs of acute popliteal artery occlusion [5].

High impact information on Popliteal Artery

• Evaluation of patients, after randomization, included the ICD and ACD, ABI, popliteal artery flow with duplex and QOL* at baseline*, 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12, 5/12* and 17/12 [6].
• Recanalization of completely occluded superficial femoral or popliteal arteries was attempted in 18 patients with use of an Argon laser-mediated thermal probe [7].
• Our study suggests that if the patient's foot does not improve after Fogarty embolectomy, the popliteal artery should be exposed and the catheter directed into the shank arteries using vascular forceps [8].
• No consistent differences between the two contrast materials in assessment of PAOD in the renal to popliteal arteries were observed [9].
• The diagnostic accuracy of the two gadolinium chelates at peripheral MR angiography was comparable in the renal to popliteal arteries [9].

Chemical compound and disease context of Popliteal Artery

• Gallium-67 citrate accumulation in a mycotic popliteal artery aneurysm [10].
• The authors describe a compartment syndrome of the deep posterior flexor compartment due to perforation of the popliteal artery by an osteocartilaginous exostosis, in a healthy 13-year-old boy [11].
• Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis with septic embolism of popliteal artery: a case report [12].

Anatomical context of Popliteal Artery

• Strips of canine mesenteric and popliteal arteries and of saphenous and portal veins were superfused, and the releases of noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y evoked by transmural stimulation were assessed [13].
• In the HDT rabbits, contractile response to norepinephrine (NE) was attenuated in the basilar artery, but not in the popliteal artery compared with control rabbits [14].
• CONCLUSION: There was no significant variance in PI in the common carotid artery; however, in the radial and popliteal arteries there was significant variance, and their resistance decreased after use of tibolone for 6 months but returned to the pretreatment values 1 month after discontinuation of the drug [15].
• Furthermore, 40 mg of papaverine and 100 mg of bamethane respectively induced a significantly larger increase in graft blood flow when injected into the popliteal artery than into the common femoral artery (p less than 0.01) [16].
• Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery is an unusual condition of uncertain etiology, in which a mucin-containing cyst forms in the wall of the artery and produces lower extremity claudication, typically in young and middle-aged men [17].

Associations of Popliteal Artery with chemical compounds

• Treatment of complex arteriosclerotic lesions with nitinol stents in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries: a midterm follow-up [18].
• The pressor response to capsaicin injected into the right popliteal artery averaged 49 +/- 9 mmHg before IRTX and 9 +/- 2 mmHg after IRTX (P < 0.05) [19].
• Fasting blood levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose insulin and fibrinogen were measured preoperatively in 44 patients who had reconstructive operations for occlusive disease in the femoral and popliteal arteries [20].
• Popliteal artery occlusion as a late complication of liquid acrylate embolization for cerebral vascular malformation [21].
• INTERVENTIONS: Popliteal artery volume flow (vFl), mean velocity, and luminal diameter were measured on (1) recumbency, (2) sitting, and (3) return to recumbency in groups A and B using color duplex imaging [22].

Gene context of Popliteal Artery

• There is increased expression of Bax, CPP-32, Fas, and p53 in PAA specimens as compared to normal popliteal arteries (P < 0.05) [23].
• Quantifying dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of the knee in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis using an arterial input function (AIF) extracted from popliteal artery enhancement, and the effect of the choice of the AIF on the kinetic parameters [24].
• METHODS: Arterial biopsy specimens obtained from femoral and popliteal arteries during bypass operation for claudication were examined by immunocytochemical analysis and polymerase chain reaction for the presence of organisms [25].
• A multicenter, prospective trial compared PTA with bypass surgery (BP) in 263 men who had iliac, femoral, or popliteal artery obstruction [26].
• As compared with normal popliteal artery tissues, the PAA demonstrated large number of cells immunopositive for CPP-32 (60.45 +/- 4.25% P < 0.05) [27].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Popliteal Artery

• Ultimately, a meticulous physical examination disclosed a bruit in the right popliteal fossa and selective right leg angiography with oblique views confirmed eccentric complex luminal encroachment in the right popliteal artery that was eclipsed by a prosthetic knee on antecedent nonselective angiography [28].
• Provided the popliteal artery is of adequate calibre, the procedure is a relatively straightforward technique recommended for retrieval of failed antegrade angioplasty [29].
• We describe the case of a 71-year-old man with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease who developed acute popliteal artery occlusion immediately after total knee arthroplasty [30].

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