endovascular therapy

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Endovascular Therapy for Popliteal Artery Injury

08/07/2016

The popliteal artery historically has been one of the most challenging arteries in which to perform endovascular treatment. Further study of endovascular therapy for popliteal artery injury could lead to appropriate utilization of...

The popliteal artery...

08/07/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Interview

Bringing Science, Engineering, and Medicine Together to Build Devices: An Interview With Ghassan S. Kassab, PhD

07/05/2016

Ghassan S. Kassab, PhD, an engineer who developed a sizing device for interventional procedures, champions collaboration among physicians, scientists, and engineers to create the most effective medical devices.

Ghassan S. Kassab, PhD, an...

07/05/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Interview

Lessons From the Coronary Space for Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion Therapy: An Interview With William Lombardi, MD

07/05/2016

William Lombardi, MD, describes a treatment algorithm developed by himself and his colleagues to treat coronary chronic total occlusions and discusses how this algorithm could translate to peripheral vascular therapy.

William Lombardi, MD, describes...

07/05/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Interview

Lessons From the Coronary Space for Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion Therapy: An Interview With William Lombardi, MD

07/05/2016

Jennifer Ford

William Lombardi, MD, describes...

07/05/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Antiplatelet Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease: An Interview With Craig Walker, MD

10/03/2015

Craig Walker, MD, clinical professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and founder, president, and medical director of the Cardiovascular Institute of the...

Craig Walker, MD, clinical...

10/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Antiplatelet Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease: An Interview With Craig Walker, MD

10/03/2015

Craig Walker, MD, clinical...

10/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Endovascular Treatment of Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: Technical Aspects and Results of Endovascular Treatment With Surgical Release of Popliteal Artery

04/27/2015

Endovascular treatment with surgical decompression of popliteal artery is a potential alternative treatment for PAES that is less invasive and offers an alternative to conventional bypass surgery, especially for young patients.

Endovascular treatment with...

04/27/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Interview

Jeffrey Lawson, MD, Describes Development of a Bioengineered Blood Vessel

03/03/2015

Jeffrey Lawson, MD

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Jeffrey Lawson, MD Duke ...

Jeffrey Lawson, MD, of Duke University, discusses engineering of an implantable blood vessel from donor vascular cells. The technology has received US Food and Drug Administration fast-track designation for approval, and clinical trials are...

Jeffrey Lawson, MD, of Duke...

03/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Upper Limb Salvage With Endovascular Treatment of Acute Axillary Artery Occlusion Secondary to Proximal Humeral Fracture

03/03/2015

Tsuyoshi Isawa, MD¹; Kenji Suzuki, MD¹; Hideki Abe, MD²

¹Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan; ²Sanyudo Hospital, Yonezawa, Japan

Tsuyoshi Isawa, MD1; Kenji Suzuki, MD...

The authors describe the case of an 82-year-old Japanese male with acute upper limb ischemia (AULI) secondary to acute axillary artery occlusion caused by a proximal humeral fracture. He was successfully treated with endovascular therapy....

The authors describe the case of...

03/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management

May-Thurner Syndrome Resulting in Paradoxical Embolism

12/03/2014

Frank Amico, MD; Harit Desai, DO; Vincent Varghese, DO; Jon C. George, MD

Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Frank Amico, MD; Harit Desai, DO; Vin...

The authors present a rare case of May-Thurner Syndrome resulting in paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale.

The authors present a rare case...

12/03/2014

Vascular Disease Management