Volume 3 - Issue 5 - Sept/Oct 2006 - Supplement
Feature
Review
09/05/2008
Occlusive disease affecting the below-the-knee (BTK) arteries is a common and often serious manifestation of atherosclerosis. It tends to carry a number of significant implications , but causing claudication (in the absence of more proximal...
Occlusive disease affecting the below-the-knee (BTK) arteries is a common and often serious manifestation of atherosclerosis. It tends to carry a number of significant implications , but causing claudication (in the absence of more proximal...
Occlusive disease affecting the...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
09/05/2008
Pseudo-aneurysm formation after vascular reconstruction is a rarely encountered problem in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. It has most commonly been described in the vascular surgical literature as a delayed complication of...
Pseudo-aneurysm formation after vascular reconstruction is a rarely encountered problem in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. It has most commonly been described in the vascular surgical literature as a delayed complication of...
Pseudo-aneurysm formation after...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Series
09/05/2008
With the increase in the use of endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease, the heretofore underappreciated dynamics of arterial movement are now known to be important in long-term outcomes. Several forces are known to exert...
With the increase in the use of endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease, the heretofore underappreciated dynamics of arterial movement are now known to be important in long-term outcomes. Several forces are known to exert...
With the increase in the use of...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
09/05/2008
Nearly 200,000 cases of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) occur each year. Dislodgement of a DVT with embolization to the pulmonary circulation results in a pulmonary embolism.
Nearly 200,000 cases of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) occur each year. Dislodgement of a DVT with embolization to the pulmonary circulation results in a pulmonary embolism.
Nearly 200,000 cases of deep...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Original Research
09/05/2008
Carotid artery stenosis and atrial fibrillation are the two major sources of atheroembolic stroke and peripheral emboli, accounting for nearly 60% of the cases of stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and emboli.
Carotid artery stenosis and atrial fibrillation are the two major sources of atheroembolic stroke and peripheral emboli, accounting for nearly 60% of the cases of stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and emboli.
Carotid artery stenosis and...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Insights
Commentary
09/05/2008
Surely I can get everyone to agree with me on this one point: the vascular landscape has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years. A true transformation has taken place as the winds of change continue to blow mercilessly in every corner of...
Surely I can get everyone to agree with me on this one point: the vascular landscape has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years. A true transformation has taken place as the winds of change continue to blow mercilessly in every corner of...
Surely I can get everyone to...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Commentary
09/05/2008
No operation has been associated with quite so much controversy as carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Introduced in 1953, it rapidly became the most commonly performed arterial procedure in the western world, largely because the underlying...
No operation has been associated with quite so much controversy as carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Introduced in 1953, it rapidly became the most commonly performed arterial procedure in the western world, largely because the underlying...
No operation has been associated...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Column
Editor's Corner
09/05/2008
“And I said of medicine, that this is an art which considers the constitution of the patient, and has principles of actions and reasons in each case.” – Plato: Georgias.
“And I said of medicine, that this is an art which considers the constitution of the patient, and has principles of actions and reasons in each case.” – Plato: Georgias.
“And I said of medicine, that...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
