Volume 10 - Issue 4 - April 2013
Editor's Corner
New Information on the Frequency of Surveillance Scans for Small Aortic Aneurysms

Frank J. Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM, Editor-in-Chief</p>

Authors of a meta-analysis on small abdominal aortic aneurysms found that aneurysm growth and rupture rates varied considerably across the various studies. | Read More

Case Files by Dr. George
Endovascular Management of Acute Limb Ischemia from Septic Emboli

Rajeev Mareddy, DO, Jon C. George, MD

The authors present a case of lower extremity acute limb ischemia from septic emboli treated with combined percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy and balloon angioplasty. | Read More

Vascular Technique
Modified “Trap Door” Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Complicated by Subclavian Artery Aneurysm

Elias Kfoury, MD, Paul D. Kiernan, MD, Dipankar Mukherjee, MD

The authors present a case of a 46-year-old male with left arterial thoracic outlet syndrome and left subclavian artery aneurysm treated with a modified “trap door” approach. | Read More

Case Report
Stenting for Brachial Artery Dissection and Stenosis

<p>Bradley D. Stauber, DO<sup>1</sup>, Arvin Arthur, MD<sup>2</sup>, Scott Baron, MD<sup>2</sup></p>

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A 79-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery disease and hypertension 10 months post 2-vessel coronary artery bypass surgery presented with pain, numbness, and weakness in her right hand that had been increasing in severity for several… | Read More

Interview
ESPRIT I Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold 30-Day Study Results: An Interview with Johannes Lammer, MD

Interview by Jennifer Ford

The objective of the ESPRIT I study was to evaluate the safety and performance of the Esprit bioresorbable vascular scaffold in subjects with symptomatic atherosclerotic disease of the SFA or iliac arteries.Vascular Disease Management interviewed… | Read More