Role of Surveillance for Hemodialysis Access Catherine K. Chang and Thomas S. Huber The role of surveillance for permanent hemodialysis arteriovenous access, both autogenous (arteriovenous fistula [AVF]) and prosthetic (arteriovenous…
Percutaneous Angioplasty With and Without Stenting for Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease Daniel G. Clair, Timur P. Sarac and Jessica M. Titus Medical therapy is essential in management of any patient…
Surgical Treatment of Renovascular Hypertension in Children Jonathan L. Eliason and James C. Stanley Renal artery occlusive disease affecting pediatric patients is an important but very uncommon cause of hypertension…
Complications of Heparin Anticoagulation Therapy Janice N. Thai, Magdiel Trinidad-Hernandez and Joseph L. Mills Heparin is routinely used during vascular and endovascular surgery; its use is ubiquitous among hospitalized patients….
Computed Tomography and Computed Tomographic Arteriography in the Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Roy K. Greenberg Computed tomography (CT) is an extremely powerful tool often used in evaluating a patient…
Intravascular Ultrasound for Imaging of Diseased Arteries George Kopchok and Rodney A. White Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging continues to develop and provides an important perspective of cardiovascular disease. High-resolution transmural…
Thoracic Sympathectomy Ali F. AbuRahma and Albeir Y. Mousa Alexander performed the first cervical sympathectomy in 1889. A little more than a quarter of a century later, thoracic sympathectomy (TS)…
Operative Treatment of Pediatric Splanchnic Arterial Occlusive Disease Jonathan L. Eliason and James C. Stanley Clinical Presentation Splanchnic arterial occlusive disease in children is a very uncommon pathologic entity and…
Abdominal Aortic Coarctation and Hypoplasia James C. Stanley, Dawn M. Coleman and Jonathan L. Eliason Focal developmental narrowings of the distal thoracic and abdominal aorta are rare anomalies accounting for…
Mesenteric Artery Aneurysms James C. Stanley and Guillermo A. Escobar Mesenteric artery aneurysms are an uncommon disease within the splanchnic circulation. Although a considerable number of case reports and small…
