Volume 14 - Issue 10 - October 2017

October 2017 Issue 10 Volume 14

Case Report
The Roundabout Way to Save a Foot: Utilization of Pedal Access for Limb Salvage
Vascular Disease Management. 2017;14(10):e225-e228.
Anwar Zaitoun, MD; Andrew Boshara, MD;  Antonious Attallah, MD St John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
The authors describe an important technique to consider in the face of chronic total occlusions in patients with severe PAD in whom limb salvage is desired and who would otherwise be considered too high a surgical risk.
ISET Spotlight
Update on the Gore SCAFFOLD Clinical Study Evaluating the Gore Mesh-Covered Carotid Stent
Vascular Disease Management. 2017;14(10):e229.
Second-generation mesh-covered carotid stents offer the potential advantage of improved plaque stabilization during carotid stenting procedure.
Research Article
The Association of Gender With Quality of Health in Peripheral Arterial Disease Following Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Vascular Disease Management. 2017;14(10):e218-e224.
Sudarshan Paudel, MD1; Anwar Zaitoun, MD1; Saif Al-Najafi, MD2; Thaer Musa, MD3Susan Szpunar, PhD1, Dawn Light, RN1, Rajendra H. Mehta, MD4;  Howard S. Rosman, MD1 1St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan; 2Rush University Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; 3University of Kentucky, Lexington; and 4Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
Paudel et al examined the gender-related differences in PAD-related health status in patients undergoing PVI for lower extremity PAD.
Editor's Corner
The Utilization of Pedal Access for Limb Salvage Intervention
Vascular Disease Management. 2017;14(10):e217.
Craig Walker, MD Clinical Editor Interventional Cardiologist  Founder, President, and Medical Director Cardiovascular Institute of the South Clinical Professor of Medicine  Tulane University School of Medicine Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Dr Walker comments on this month's case report by Zaitoun et al, in which pedal access was used to salvage a limb.

Editorial Contacts

Craig Walker, MD, Clinical Editor
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Tulane Medical School

Lauren LeBano, Managing Editor, Vascular Disease Management
HMP Global
104 Windsor Center Drive, Suite 200, East Windsor, NJ 08520
E-mail: llebano@hmpglobal.com

Rebecca Kapur, Editor, Vascular Disease Maagement
E-mail: rkapur@hmpglobal.com

Laurie Gustafson, Executive Editor, Vascular Disease Management
HMP Global
E-mail: lgustafson@hmpcommunications.com
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