Volume 6 - Issue 4 - July/August 2009
Feature
Review
08/11/2009
1Hong H. Keo, MD, 2Alan T. Hirsch, MD, 1Iris Baumgartner, MD, 3Sigrid Nikol, MD, 2Timothy D. Henry, MD
1Hong H. Keo, MD, 2Alan T. Hirsch, MD...
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) represents the most severe stage of atherosclerotic lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and CLI prevalence is expected to increase as the population ages. The current standard of care for CLI relies on...
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) represents the most severe stage of atherosclerotic lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and CLI prevalence is expected to increase as the population ages. The current standard of care for CLI relies on...
Critical limb ischemia (CLI)...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Review
08/11/2009
Caroline D. Rodd, MD, FRCS, Alison M. Young, MBBS, Jonothan J. Earnshaw, DM, FRCS
Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
Caroline D. Rodd, MD, FRCS, Alison M....
This article examines the different interventional options for small saphenous varicose veins.
This article examines the different interventional options for small saphenous varicose veins.
This article examines the...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
08/11/2009
James M. Williamson, MBChB, and Ruben Canelo, MD
James M. Williamson, MBChB, and Ruben...
A 91-year-old man with known arterial disease was successfully revived following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was commenced by his wife, an ex-army nurse, and paramedics performed defibrillation to restore...
A 91-year-old man with known arterial disease was successfully revived following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was commenced by his wife, an ex-army nurse, and paramedics performed defibrillation to restore...
A 91-year-old man with known...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Original Research
08/11/2009
Doppler ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) is considered the non-invasive screening test of choice to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Photoplethysmography (PPG) and pulse oximetry (PO) are also suitable alternatives; however,...
Doppler ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) is considered the non-invasive screening test of choice to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Photoplethysmography (PPG) and pulse oximetry (PO) are also suitable alternatives; however,...
Doppler ankle-brachial pressure...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Original Research
08/11/2009
Jaideep Barge, MD, Jorge Lopera, MD, Ross Harper, MD, Marco Cura, MD, Ghazwan Kroma, MD,
Fadi El-Merhi, MD, Rajeev Suri, MD
Jaideep Barge, MD, Jorge Lopera, MD, ...
Endoleaks are well-reported complications of endovascular aneurysmal repair, with the type 2 varieties being the most common. Repair of this complication is performed via transarterial or percutaneous translumbar approaches, and use of...
Endoleaks are well-reported complications of endovascular aneurysmal repair, with the type 2 varieties being the most common. Repair of this complication is performed via transarterial or percutaneous translumbar approaches, and use of...
Endoleaks are well-reported...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Insights
Commentary
08/11/2009
Since the first endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by Parodi in 1990, the problems of incomplete exclusion of the aneurysm and peri-graft leaks have plagued vascular surgeons. The term “endoleak” was first coined in 1996.
Since the first endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by Parodi in 1990, the problems of incomplete exclusion of the aneurysm and peri-graft leaks have plagued vascular surgeons. The term “endoleak” was first coined in 1996.
Since the first endovascular...
08/11/2009
Vascular Disease Management
Column
Editor's Corner
08/11/2009
Frank J. Criado, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Intervention, Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Frank J. Criado, MD
Editor-in-Chief
V...
Endoleaks have been at the center of developments with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) from the outset — even before the term had been coined. The definition is rather simple: persistent (or recurrent) blood-flow perfusion of the aneurysm...
Endoleaks have been at the center of developments with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) from the outset — even before the term had been coined. The definition is rather simple: persistent (or recurrent) blood-flow perfusion of the aneurysm...
Endoleaks have been at the...
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Vascular Disease Management
