Volume 5 - Issue 6 - Nov/Dec 2008
Original Contribution »
The Potential Role of Iloprost as Adjuvant to Surgery for Acute Limb Ischemia: Findings from the ILAILL Study
1Gianmarco de Donato, MD, 2Gualberto Gussoni, MD, 1Carlo Setacci, MD, 3Gaetano de Donato, MD; on behalf of @the ILAILL Study Group
Author Affiliations:
From the 1Department of Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, University of Siena; 2FADOI Study Center, Roma; 3Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, II University of Naples, Italy.
@The ILAILL Study Group participants are listed in the Appendix.
Correspondence: Dr. Gianmarco de Donato, Department of Surg
Original Contribution »
Do Bifurcated Endografts Produce Better Outcomes than Aorto-Uni-Iliac Designs in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair?
Author Affiliations:
From the 1Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and 2Eurostar Data Registry Center, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Correspondence: Vincent Riambau, MD, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Vascular Surgery, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, Spain 08036. E-mail: riambau@meditex.ese.
Manuscript submitted August 24, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 30, accepted October 20, 2008.
Disclosure: The authors report no financial relationship or conflicts of interest regarding the content therein.
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Commentary »
The Benefit of Iloprost in the Prevention of Adverse Effects Related to Ischemia
Author Affiliations:
From New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Correspondence: Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia/Weill Cornell Division of Vascular Surgery, the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Irving Pavilion 639, 161 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: njm2106@columbia.edu.
Disclosure: The author reports no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content therein.
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The report by de Donato and colleagues1 on the impact of ilopro
Commentary »
The Use of the Aorto-Uni-Iliac Device in the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
1Jeffrey H. Freihage, MD, 2Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT, 3Pranab Das, MD, 1Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT
Author Affiliations:
From 1Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, and 3Memphis Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
Correspondence: Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vascular and Endovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Loyola University, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153.
E-mail: rdieter@lumc.edu.
Disclosure: The authors report no finan
Clinical Review »
Drug-Eluting Stents and Drug-Coated Balloons in Peripheral Interventions
Author Affiliations:
From the Department of Angiology, Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany (TZ) and the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Tuebingen, Germany.
Correspondence: Dr. Thomas Zeller, Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Südring 15, D-79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany. E-mail address: thomas.zeller@herzzentrum.de.
Manuscript submitted July 17, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 18, 2008, manuscript accepted September 5, 2008.
Disclosure: The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content
Case Study and Brief Review »
A Case of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: Successful Angioplasty And Stenting
1Tarun W. Dasari, MD, MPH, 2Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MD, 2Jorge Saucedo, MD
Author Affiliations:
From the 1Department of Internal Medicine, 2Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Correspondence: Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd, WP 3010, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
E-mail: mazen-abufadel@ouhsc.edu.
Manuscript submitted July 17, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 8, 2008, acc
Case Study and Brief Review »
Congenital Giant Renal Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting as Congestive Heart Failure
Author Affiliations:
From the Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York.
Correspondence: Bala Gangadhara Thatigotla, MD, Department of General Surgery, Apt 4A, 1650 Sellwyn Avenue, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY 10457. Email: laba50@yahoo.com.
Manuscript submitted July 30, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 3, 2008, accepted October 10, 2008.
Disclosure: The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content therein.
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Abstract
Previously elusive
Editor's Corner »
Update on Carotid Stenting: What Went Wrong?
Frank J. Criado, Editor-in-Chief
Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Intervention; Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Health, Baltimore, Maryland
frank.criado@medstar.net
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“… the procedure is expected to greatly reduce the demand for a common operation in which surgeons slice open the neck and scrape the carotids clean from earlobe to collarbone”.
“The shift to angioplasty has drawn fervent opposition from surgeons who question angioplasty’s long-term effectiveness and safety…They also stand to lose a major source of income…”1
