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…
Below-Knee Amputation Kenneth E. McIntyre, Jr. Amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures known to humans. The earliest forms of below-knee amputation (BKA) occurred on or near battlefields, where…
Selecting Treatment for Patients with Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease George Oreopoulos and K. Wayne Johnston Patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) represent a subset of patients with peripheral artery disease whose…
Open Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms James T. McPhee and Michael Belkin Despite numerous medical and surgical technological advances in the past decade, rupture of an abdominal aortic…
Multibranched Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Timothy A.M. Chuter and Linda M. Reilly Endovascular aneurysm repair, which requires neither direct aortic exposure nor temporary interruption of aortic flow, is…
Management of Chyloperitoneum and Chylothorax after Aortic Reconstruction Madhukar S. Patel, Juan Carlos Jimenez, Russell A. Williams, and Samuel Eric Wilson Chyloperitoneum and chylothorax are unusual but morbid conditions that…
Open and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Kidney Transplant Patients Adam H. Power and Peter Gloviczki Aortic reconstructions for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in kidney transplant recipients…
Permanent and Temporary Inferior Vena Cava Filters John E. Rectenwald Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are placed for the sole purpose of preventing a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Development and…
Retroperitoneal Approach for Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmectomy Philip S.K. Paty and R. Clement Darling, III The abdominal aorta, located posterior to the parietal peritoneum and adjacent to the spine, is…
Arteriomegaly and Aneurysmosis Bruce Torrance, Malachi Sheahan and Larry Hollier Arteriomegaly is defined as a diffuse ectasia involving multiple arterial segments including the aorta, iliofemoral, and femoropopliteal vessels. It is…
