Surgical Treatment of Takayasu Arteritis Karen Woo and Fred A. Weaver In 1908, Takayasu, a Japanese ophthalmologist, reported retinal arteriovenous shunts in a wreathlike distribution around the optic disc and…
Pathophysiology of Aortic Dissection David M. Williams The natural history of aortic dissections associated with aortic rupture or end-organ malperfusion invites a careful study of the structural properties of the…
Open Surgical Treatment of Fibromuscular Dysplasia of the Carotid Artery James C. Stanley Most patients with carotid artery fibrodysplasia are likely to be asymptomatic, although the number reported without symptoms…
Endovascular Treatment of Nonruptured Infrarenal Aortic and Aortoiliac Aneurysms Gavin C. O’Brien, Raffi A. Qasabian, and Geoffrey H. White Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has become established as the first-line approach…
Technical Aspects of Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy for Atherosclerotic Disease Dhiraj M. Shah, R. Clement Darling, III, Benjamin B. Chang, Paul B. Kreienberg, Philip S.K. Paty, Kathleen J. Ozsvath, Sean P….
Carotid Artery Kinks and Coils Christopher J. Smolock, Javier E. Anaya-Ayala, Daynene Vykoukal, Alan B. Lumsden and Mark G. Davies Most anatomic descriptions of the cervical carotid artery note a…
Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysms Matthew T. Allemang, Kathryn S. Dyhdalo and Jerry Goldstone Among the thousands of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) treated each year, the origin of a few…
Selection of Patients with Aortic Aneurysms for Open Surgical or Endovascular Repair K. Brigitte, Smith and K. Craig Kent An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is lethal; if associated with rupture,…
Long-Term Alterations in Large-Caliber Arterial Prostheses Used for Aortic Repair Areck A. Ucuzian and Howard P. Greisler Large-caliber prostheses used for aortic replacement initiate blood–material interfacial processes that begin almost…
Pathogenesis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Sean J. English and Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development is a complex, multifactorial process involving destructive remodeling of aortic wall connective…
