Volume 10 - Issue 3 - March 2013
Insights
Interview
03/13/2013
Peter Schneider, MD, discusses the IN.PACT SFA II trial, the US arm of a clinical study for the IN.PACT Admiral drug-eluting balloon (Medtronic) as a treatment for peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal...
Peter Schneider, MD, discusses the IN.PACT SFA II trial, the US arm of a clinical study for the IN.PACT Admiral drug-eluting balloon (Medtronic) as a treatment for peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal...
Peter Schneider, MD, discusses...
03/13/2013
Vascular Disease Management
Feature
Original Research
03/07/2013
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP; Raghotham R. Patlola, MD, FACC
This study examined safety and efficacy of the use of an excimer laser with direct lytic infusion through the laser catheter to treat patients with occluded synthetic graft occlusions from 1 day old to greater than 3 months old in an attempt...
This study examined safety and efficacy of the use of an excimer laser with direct lytic infusion through the laser catheter to treat patients with occluded synthetic graft occlusions from 1 day old to greater than 3 months old in an attempt...
This study examined safety and...
03/07/2013
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
03/07/2013
Elias Kfoury, MD
The authors present a case report of an 84-year-old female who is a poor surgical candidate, presenting with symptomatic juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm involving the left renal artery. Satisfactory repair was performed using the chimney...
The authors present a case report of an 84-year-old female who is a poor surgical candidate, presenting with symptomatic juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm involving the left renal artery. Satisfactory repair was performed using the chimney...
The authors present a case...
03/07/2013
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
03/07/2013
Jon C. George, MD, MBA
This case report presents a patient with calcified infrapopliteal CTO with critical limb ischemia that was successfully crossed using a CTO catheter.
This case report presents a patient with calcified infrapopliteal CTO with critical limb ischemia that was successfully crossed using a CTO catheter.
This case report presents a...
03/07/2013
Vascular Disease Management
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
03/06/2013
Frank J. Criado, MD
In a recent study, almost half of patients taking enteric-coated aspirin were nonresponders, and 100% of those taking immediate-release aspirin were responders. It might be time to re-evaluate the practice of prescribing enteric-coated...
In a recent study, almost half of patients taking enteric-coated aspirin were nonresponders, and 100% of those taking immediate-release aspirin were responders. It might be time to re-evaluate the practice of prescribing enteric-coated...
In a recent study, almost half...
03/06/2013
Vascular Disease Management
