Endovascular Angioplasty and Stenting for Proximal Subclavian Artery Stenosis Ali F. AbuRahma and Patrick A. Stone The prevalence of atherosclerotic stenotic disease involving the proximal brachiocephalic arteries is significantly less…
Management of Juxtarenal Aortic Occlusive Disease by Retroperitoneal and Transperitoneal Exposure of the Pararenal and Suprarenal Aorta Adam W. Beck and Thomas S. Huber The perivisceral aorta can be involved…
Balloon Catheter Embolectomy for Macroembolization in the Extremities Dawn M. Coleman Acute lower extremity ischemia remains a common vascular disease with considerable associated morbidity, limb loss, and mortality. Both arterial…
Paraplegia Prevention in Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Charles Acher and Martha M. Wynn The overlapping effects of aortic occlusion, collateral blood flow, metabolism, oxygen supply and demand, surgical…
Conventional and Computed Tomographic Arteriography in Penetrating Vascular Injuries Jonathan L. Eliason The mid-20th century saw the emergence of contrast angiography to clarify and define the extent of vascular wounds….
Complications and Treatment of Persistent Sciatic Arteries David J. O’Connor, Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III and Frank J. Veith The persistent sciatic artery (PSA), first described by Green in 1832, is…
Integrative Therapies in Vascular Disease Sara Warber Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is on the increase in America. The prevalence of CAM use among people with a diagnosis of…
Arteriographic Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Disease Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, Ronil V. Chandra, Daniel C. Oh, Albert J. Yoo and Joshua A. Hirsch Catheter-based angiography is considered the gold standard for imaging…
Pediatric Iatrogenic Vascular Injury Jonathan L. Eliason Pediatric injuries and accidents are the most common causes of childhood death, and nonfatal injuries are innumerable in this age group. Conversely, iatrogenic…
Transaortic Splanchnic Endarterectomy for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia William P. Robinson and Louis M. Messina Management of chronic mesenteric ischemia remains a challenge because of the relative infrequency of this disease…
