Interviews

An Interventional Radiology Laboratory’s Experience with the REEF HP PTA Balloon Catheter

There is now more “texture” to the data, but the conclusion is still that there are no significant differences between the outcomes with carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA). In essence, there were more minor strokes...

The concept of dialysis dates back to the start of the 20th century. It was known that you could pass blood with various chemical impurities in it, which are the type that occur with kidney disease, through cellophane membranes with a salt...

CREST (Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stent Trial) is a landmark trial which shows that endarterectomy and stenting for carotid artery stenosis appear to be comparable based on the primary endpoint of the trial: death, stroke...

Interview with Co-Principal Investigators of the ARMOUR Trial: Gary Ansel, MD and L. Nelson Hopkins, MD

As new technologies and procedures are introduced, the question of what’s best for the patient is extremely important. Physicians must be clear about why they want to offer alternatives to the standard of care. Is there really no other option...

Right now, there aren’t enough experts in vascular medicine to care for the masses of patients who have systemic atherosclerosis. So many different specialists are involved in the care of these patients that it’s hard to know who really has...

What is the value of a comprehensive clinical program for the treatment of carotid artery disease?

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have revolutionized the treatment of obstructive coronary disease and expanding their applications to the periphery is inevitable. However, a better understanding of stent-associated restenosis in the periphery is...

The First International CLI Summit on Lower Extremity PVD and Critical Limb Ischemia: A Pre New Cardiovascular Horizons Event.