Volume 6 - Issue 1 - Jan/Feb 2009
Original Contribution »
Diagnostic Accuracy of Color Doppler Imaging in the Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Disease
As Compared to Digital Subtraction Angiography
Author:
1Chiramel George Koshy, MD, 1Binita R. Chacko, MD, 1Shyamkumar N. Keshava, DNB, FRCR, FRANZCR, 2Sunil Agarwal, MS
Author Affiliations:
From the 1Departments of Radiology and 2Vascular Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Correspondence: Dr. Chiramel George Koshy, Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India 632004. E-mail: gkchiramel@gmail.com.
Manuscript submitted November
Commentary »
Color Doppler versus Digital Subtraction Angiography: No Competition Needed
Author:
1Ali Morshedi-Meibodi, MD, 2Theodore A. Tan, MD, 3Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT, 1Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT
Author Affiliations:
From 1Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 2Charleston Area Medical Center and 3West Virginia University, Charleston, West Virginia.
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.
Commentary »
Further Evaluation of Duplex Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Lower Extremity Arterial Disease
Author:
Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD
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.
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In this issue of the journal, Koshy et al1 describe an assessment of different segments of the arterial tree by duplex. Impor
Clinical Review »
Comparisons Between Thoracic Stent Grafts — How Do We Know Which Stent Graft to Select?
Author:
Mustafa Halawa, MD, Benjamin Patterson, MD, Peter Holt, MD, Matt Thompson, MD, Ian M. Loftus, MD
Author Affiliations:
From St. George’s Vascular Institute, London, England.
Correspondence: Ian Loftus, MD, St. George’s Vascular Institute, St. George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, England SW170QT
Manuscript submitted September 12, 2008, provisional acceptance given October 15, 2008, and accepted November 6, 2008.
Disclosure: The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
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Clinical Review »
The Aortic Arch: Markers, Imaging, and Procedure Planning for Carotid Intervention
Author:
Christos D. Liapis, MD, Efthimios D. Avgerinos, MD, Achilles Chatziioannou, MD
Author Affiliations:
From the University Hospital Attikon, Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens, Greece.
Correspondence: Christos D. Liapis, MD, University Hospital Attikon, Department of Vascular Surgery, 1 Rimini Street, Chaidari, Athens 12462, Greece. E-mail: liapis@med.uoa.gr.
Manuscript submitted September 15, 2008, provisional acceptance given, November 5, 2008, accepted November 13, 2008.
Disclosure: The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of inte
Clinical Images »
Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia with Aortic Occlusion
Author:
Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO, Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, Msc, Michael Costanza, MD, Vivian Gahtan, MD
Author Affiliations:
From the Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
Correspondence: Kwame Amankwah, MD, Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, Syracuse, NY 13210. Email: amankwak@upstate.edu.
Manuscript submitted November 11, 2008, provisional acceptance given November 26, 2008, accepted December 4,
Editorial »
Focus on Vascular Access: The Introducer Sheath Revisited
Author:
Frank J. Criado, MD
Author Affiliations:
From Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Correspondence: Frank J. Criado, MD, Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Health, 3333 N. Calvert St., Suite 570, Baltimore, MD 21218.
E-mail: frank.criado@medstar.net.
Dr. Criado has disclosed that he is a paid consultant to Terumo Medical.
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The Seldinger technique (first published in 1953) stands alone as a development so singularly important that it changed…everything! Nothing would have been
Editor's Corner »
Endograft Repair in the Thoracic Aorta: Poised to Grow!
The article by Halawa et al on thoracic stent-grafts1 serves as an appropriate platform for this issue’s Editor’s Corner. Arguably, 2008 was the “coming-out” year for these technologies, as two additional endograft devices received FDA approval. We now have a total of three commercially available and “off-the-shelf” thoracic devices (Table 1). While treatment of aneurysms in the descending aorta represents the approved on-label indication (Figure 1), physicians — no doubt — will also use them off-label in the management of patients with a host of other similarly serious patholo
