Editor's Corner

OBL Corner

Why I Choose to Have an Office-Based Lab

05/02/2021

Eric J. Dippel, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Vascular Institute of the Midwest, Davenport, Iowa

Eric J. Dippel, MD, FACC, FSCAI V...

What does a complex multi-billion cell organism, like a human, and a simple, single-cell organism, like an amoeba, have in common? Both have a primal desire to avoid noxious stimuli. How is this related to having an office-based lab?

What does a complex...

05/02/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Taking a Look at the Coming “Radial Revolution”

02/16/2021

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP Card...

Dr. Walker comments on Dr. Osama Shoeib and colleagues’ article “Transradial Carotid Artery Stenting Complicated With Neck Hematoma: Conservative is a Valid Option!”

Dr. Walker comments on Dr. Osama...

02/16/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Letter to the Editor

Erectile Dysfunction Treatment With Sirolimus-Eluting Balloons Due to Bilateral Internal Pudendal Arterial Stenosis

01/13/2021

Alberto Cereda, MD¹; Marco Toselli, MD¹; Francesco Gallo, MD¹; Alessandra Laricchia, MD¹; Antonio Mangieri, MD¹; Gabriele Tumminello, MD²; Francesco Giannini, MD¹; Antonio Colombo, Prof¹; Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi, Prof^2,3

¹Interventional Cardiology Unit, GVM Care & Research, Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy; ²Division of Cardiology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; ³Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Cardiac Cath Lab, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Alberto Cereda, MD1; Marco Toselli, M...

A 52-year-old man with multiple cardiovascular risk factors, including arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II, was referred to our interventional cardiology unit because of a poor response to year-long treatment.

A 52-year-old man with multiple...

01/13/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Dr. Craig Walker Announces the Launch of the “Fellows’ Corner”

01/13/2021

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP Card...

I am pleased to announce that starting in January 2021, VDM will include a novel section called the “Fellows’ Corner” that will have subeditors that are actively participating in advanced peripheral vascular interventional fellowship.

I am pleased to announce that...

01/13/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology – Heparin Potency: What is the Right Heparin Dose for PCI in 2021?

12/28/2020

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contributions from Steven R. Bailey, MD, Shreveport, Louisiana; Malcolm R. Bell, MD, Rochester, Minnesota; James C. Blankenship, MD, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sam Butman, MD, Cottonwood, Arizona; David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, Kansas City, Missouri; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, Miami, Florida; Timothy D. Henry, MD, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS, Houston, Texas; Lloyd Klein, MD, Sonoma, California; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina; Kreton Mavromatis, MD, Atlanta, Georgia; Sunil V. Rao, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina; Barry F. Uretsky, MD, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contribution...

Watch/listen (video included in article below) as Dr. Kern and Dr. Arnold H. Seto discuss this article in a 30-minute Clinical Editor's Corner Live presentation that took place on Thurs, January 28th at 1:30pm ET.

Watch/listen (video included in...

12/28/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Editor's Corner

The Potential of Thermography as a Practical Screening Tool for Superficial Venous Insufficiency

11/18/2020

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP Card...

Dr. Walker comments on “Thermal Imaging of Superficial Leg Circulation Improves Venous Diagnostic Efficiency and Completeness.”

Dr. Walker comments on “Thermal...

11/18/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Remote Patient Monitoring in the Era of Covid-19

10/13/2020

Hello and welcome to the October 2020 edition of Vascular Disease Management. I have chosen to comment on Dr. Edic Stephanian and colleagues’ article “Pandemic Brings New Urgency to Remote Patient Monitoring”. I have chosen this article not...

Hello and welcome to the October...

10/13/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Managing Thrombotic Occlusion in COVID-19 Patients

09/15/2020

Craig Waker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Waker, MD, FACC, FACP Cardi...

Dr. Walker comments on Dr. Nicolas Shammas’ article “Management of Thrombotic Occlusion of the Femoropopliteal Artery and Proximal Tibial Vessels in a COVID-19 Patient Using the Auryon Laser.”

Dr. Walker comments on Dr....

09/15/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Video

What Is the Appropriate Pre-procedural Evaluation of Patients With Vascular Disorder?

08/24/2020

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascula...

In this month's video, watch Dr. Walker provide his insight and commentary on the original research from Sultan et al: "Predictive Utility of Preoperative NT-proBNP Levels on Cardiovascular Outcomes of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair."

In this month's video, watch Dr....

08/24/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

What Is the Appropriate Pre-procedural Evaluation of Patients With Vascular Disorders?

08/19/2020

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP C...

Dr. Walker provides insight and commentary on "Predictive Utility of Preoperative NT-proBNP Levels on Cardiovascular Outcomes of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair."

Dr. Walker provides insight and...

08/19/2020

Vascular Disease Management