Renal Artery Atheroembolism
Renal Artery Atheroembolism Mitul Suresh Patel, Alan B. Lumsden and Mark G. Davies Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) occurs following occlusion of the renal vasculature by cholesterol crystals originating from the…
Selection of Patients for Open Surgical or Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
Selection of Patients for Open Surgical or Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease Guillermo A. Escobar and James C. Stanley Two questions arise when an arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis…
Rehabilitation of the Amputee
Rehabilitation of the Amputee Brian M. Kelly and James A. Leonard, Jr. Approximately 100,000 to 150,000 persons experience some level of major lower limb amputation in the United States each…
Short Vein Grafts from the Distal Superficial Femoral, Popliteal, or Infrapopliteal Arteries to More Distal Arteries for Limb Salvage
Short Vein Grafts from the Distal Superficial Femoral, Popliteal, or Infrapopliteal Arteries to More Distal Arteries for Limb Salvage Anil Hingorani, Enrico Ascher and Frank Veith The superficial femoral artery…
Prothrombotic States and Vascular Thromboses
Prothrombotic States and Vascular Thromboses Justin Hurie and Thomas W. Wakefield Procoagulant states may be divided into acquired and genetic causes. Acquired factors include advanced age, obesity, malignancy, surgery, prolonged…
In-Situ Saphenous Vein Graft for Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease
In-Situ Saphenous Vein Graft for Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease Dhiraj M. Shah, Benjamin B. Chang, R. Clement Darling, III, Philip S.K. Paty, Paul B. Kreienberg, Sean P. Roddy, Kathleen J….
Echocardiographic Assessment of Valvular Heart Disease
SECTION 1 Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis David A. Orsinelli, MD, FACC, FASE CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION The patient is an 82-year-old man with a longstanding history of a heart murmur. He…
Echocardiographic Assessment of the Patient With Known or Suspected Congestive Heart Failure
SECTION 1 Echocardiography in the Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FAHA, FASE, FACC CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old woman, who was brought by her family to…
Echocardiography in the Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Negative Stress ECHO CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION A 45 year old man with hypertension that has not been well controlled presents for evaluation. He was seen in the office and mentioned…
An Atlas to Explore the Current Use of Echocardiography in Clinical Medicine
FIGURE 1-1-1 “Tools” available in a modern echocardiography laboratory. M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY M-mode echocardiography, first displayed on strip chart recordings in the early 1970s, provides a one-dimensional, “ice-pick” view of the…
