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….
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…
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…
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…
Biologic Therapies for Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia Richard J. Powell Critical limb ischemia (CLI) represents the most severe degree of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) manifesting by either ischemic rest…
Noninvasive Methods of Diagnosing Cardiac and Noncardiac Sources of Macroemboli Shipra Arya and John E. Rectenwald Peripheral arterial macroembolism is an important cause of acute limb ischemia. Identification of the…
