Our reviews and protocols are published within the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) in the Cochrane Library.
All published titles, protocols and reviews can be accessed using the topic headings on the side menu.
The most recent issue of the CDSR is Issue 5, released May 2019 and new publications by Cochrane Vascular include:
New updates
Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism Yoo HHB, Nunes-Nogueira VS, Fortes Villas Boas PJ, Broderick C
Thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) versus open surgery for blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury Pang D, Hildebrand D, Bachoo P (stable)
New protocols
Venous arterialization for the salvage of critically ischemic lower limbs Yeong XL, Chan ESY, Samuel M, Choong AMTL
Recent reviews
Drug‐eluting balloon angioplasty versus uncoated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of in‐stent restenosis of the femoropopliteal arteries Ahmed Kayssi, Wissam Al‐Jundi, Giuseppe Papia, Daryl S Kucey, Thomas Forbes, Dheeraj K Rajan, Richard Neville, Andrew D Dueck
Angioplasty versus stenting for infrapopliteal arterial lesions in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia Charlie C‐T Hsu, Gigi NC Kwan, Dalveer Singh, John A Rophael, Chris Anthony, Mieke L van Driel
Gene therapy for peripheral arterial disease Rachel Forster, Aaron Liew, Vish Bhattacharya, James Shaw, Gerard Stansby
Stem cell therapy for treatment of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) Daniel G Cacione, Frederico do Carmo Novaes, Daniel H Moreno
Autologous cells derived from different sources and administered using different regimens for 'no-option' critical lower limb
ischaemia patients Abdul Wahid SF, Ismail NA, Wan Jamaludin WF, Muhamad NA, Abdul Hamid MKA, Harunarashid H, Lai NM
Recent protocols
Transverse versus longitudinal inguinotomy for femoral artery approach Marcus Canteras, Jose CC Baptista‐Silva, Daniel G Cacione
Internal iliac artery revascularisation versus internal iliac artery occlusion for endovascular treatment of aorto-iliac aneurysms Sousa LHDG, Baptista-Silva JCC, Vasconcelos V, Flumignan RLG
General versus loco-regional anesthesia for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair Kayssi A, Kucey A, Alam F, Papia G, Kucey DS, Forbes T, Choi S, Dueck AD
Transverse versus longitudinal inguinotomy for femoral artery approach Canteras M, Baptista-Silva JCC, Cacione DG
Combined proximal descending aortic endografting plus distal bare metal stenting versus conventional proximal descending aortic stent graft repair for complicated type B aortic dissections Rong D, Ge Y, Liu J, Liu X, Guo W
Recent updates
Clinically‐indicated replacement versus routine replacement of peripheral venous catheters Joan Webster, Sonya Osborne, Claire M Rickard, Nicole Marsh
Thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism Qiukui Hao, Bi Rong Dong, Jirong Yue, Taixiang Wu, Guan J Liu
Graduated compression stockings for prevention of deep vein thrombosis Sachdeva A, Dalton M, Lees T
Effect of testing for cancer on cancer- or venous thromboembolism (VTE)-related mortality and morbidity in people with unprovoked VTE Robertson L, Yeoh SE, Broderick C, Stansby G, Agarwal R
Rutosides for prevention of postthrombotic syndrome Morling JR, Yeoh SE, Kolbach DN
Rutosides for treatment of postthrombotic syndrome Morling JR, Broderick C, Yeoh SE, Kolbach DN
Prosthetic rehabilitation for older dysvascular people following a unilateral transfemoral amputation Steven Barr, Tracey E Howe
An ongoing list of all our titles, protocols and reviews are detailed under our major topics of Venous Thromboembolism, Abdominal and thoracic aortic disease and PAD of lower limbs-Intermittent claudication-Chronic limb ischaemia and can be accessed by following the links in the left menu.
Alternatively you can search below by subtopic or stage. Full articles (where available) can be accessed by selecting the title or via the Cochrane Library.
The editorial process and methods used in review preparation are described in detail within resources.