Volume 7 - Issue 1 - January 2010
Feature
Case Report
01/07/2010
Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD, FACC
Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD, FACC
Arterial occlusion from the use of suture-mediated closure devices following a percutaneous procedure is a very rare but clinically significant complication for which surgical intervention is thought to be the gold standard for treatment.
Arterial occlusion from the use of suture-mediated closure devices following a percutaneous procedure is a very rare but clinically significant complication for which surgical intervention is thought to be the gold standard for treatment.
Arterial occlusion from the use...
01/07/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Review
01/07/2010
Mallik Thatipelli, MD, RVT, FSVM, FACPh, FACC
Mallik Thatipelli, MD, RVT, FSVM, FAC...
Isolated atherosclerotic involvement of the common femoral artery (CFA) and its bifurcation are rare and reports consisting large patient series are unavailable. The CFA is usually involved as a continuum with the atherosclerosis of the...
Isolated atherosclerotic involvement of the common femoral artery (CFA) and its bifurcation are rare and reports consisting large patient series are unavailable. The CFA is usually involved as a continuum with the atherosclerosis of the...
Isolated atherosclerotic...
01/07/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Review
01/07/2010
Each year about 780,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke, accounting for 17% of cardiovascular deaths. Approximately 80% of strokes are caused by focal cerebral ischemia and the remaining 20% are caused by hemorrhage.
Each year about 780,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke, accounting for 17% of cardiovascular deaths. Approximately 80% of strokes are caused by focal cerebral ischemia and the remaining 20% are caused by hemorrhage.
Each year about 780,000 people...
01/07/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Review
01/06/2010
Calcified degenerative aortic valve stenosis (AS) is currently the most frequent native valve disease in Europe. Furthermore, it is most often seen in elderly patients with comorbidities.
Abstract
Calcified degenerative aortic valve...
Calcified degenerative aortic valve stenosis (AS) is currently the most frequent native valve disease in Europe. Furthermore, it is most often seen in elderly patients with comorbidities.
Abstract
Calcified degenerative aortic valve...
Calcified degenerative aortic...
01/06/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Review
01/06/2010
The development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation may become the primary therapy for high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. The Edwards Sapien valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) consists of a...
The development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation may become the primary therapy for high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. The Edwards Sapien valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) consists of a...
The development of transcatheter...
01/06/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Review
01/06/2010
To evaluate the current and future role of percutaneous aortic valve replacement, we need to ask three main questions: 1. What is the natural history of the disease and where did we stand after the widespread availability of surgical aortic...
To evaluate the current and future role of percutaneous aortic valve replacement, we need to ask three main questions: 1. What is the natural history of the disease and where did we stand after the widespread availability of surgical aortic...
To evaluate the current and...
01/06/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Column
New Techniques
01/07/2010
Endovascular treatment of arterial disease has been a revolution for clinicians and patients alike, allowing treatment of aortic and peripheral pathologies percutaneously or through small incisions, reducing the morbidity and mortality...
Endovascular treatment of arterial disease has been a revolution for clinicians and patients alike, allowing treatment of aortic and peripheral pathologies percutaneously or through small incisions, reducing the morbidity and mortality...
Endovascular treatment of...
01/07/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Editor's Corner
01/06/2010
At the dawn of a new decade, it is with pleasure and a sense of excitement that I write the first Corner editorial of 2010 to introduce a new format for Vascular Disease Management as it becomes an online-only publication.
At the dawn of a new decade, it is with pleasure and a sense of excitement that I write the first Corner editorial of 2010 to introduce a new format for Vascular Disease Management as it becomes an online-only publication.
At the dawn of a new decade, it...
01/06/2010
Vascular Disease Management
