March 2003 Issue - Endovascular Today

Meet the Chief Medical Editors

Endovascular Today is proud to have three of the nation's top endovascular specialists as our Chief Medical Editors. To ensure that our focus encompasses all specialists who participate in endovascular therapies, we have chosen Chief Medical Editors from the fields of interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, and vascular surgery.

By Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Editor's Page

Exploring Your Options

By Barry T. Katzen, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Renal Artery Stenosis

Should patients with a solitary kidney undergo surgery or stenting?

By ROSS MILNER, MD, AND ELLIOT L. CHAIKOF, MD, PhD

Treating Varicose Veins

Today's minimally invasive treatments are poised to replace stripping and surgery.

By NEIL DENBOW, MD

The Power-Pulse Spray Technique

A novel simultaneous combination therapy allows rapid revascularization in critical limb ischemia.

By DAVID E. ALLIE, MD; CHRIS J. HEBERT, RT, RCIS; MOHAMED H. KHAN, MD; AND CRAIG M. WALKER, MD

Anticoagulation in Peripheral Interventions

A review of the current use of heparin and alternative anticoagulants in percutaneous interventions.

By GERALD GRUBBS, MD

Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography

A new imaging technology takes a detailed look at peripheral angioplasty and stenting.

By JOS C. van den BERG, MD, PhD

Challenging Case

Subclavian Artery Gunshot Repair

By CHARLES B. ROSS, MD, AND CARL M. JOHNSON, MD

Mechanical Devices and Acute Limb Ischemia

This increasingly common disorder responds well to alternative treatment approaches.

By Gary M. Ansel, MD; Charles F. Botti, Jr, MD; and Mitchell J. Silver, DO

Thrombolytics and Acute Limb Ischemia

Intra-arterial infusion of lytic agents provides an effective way to restore vessel patency.

By Alex Powell, MD

Acute Limb Ischemia Surgical Options

Can a surgical approach achieve a higher limb salvage rate, or is thrombolysis a safer and less invasive procedure?

By Ian Loftus, MD, and Peter R.F. Bell, MD

Spreading the Word

The Arizona Heart Institute is reaching the public—and you can, too.

By Matt Pesotski, Associate Editor, With Joely Johnson, Editor-In-Chief

Malpractice and Acute Limb Ischemia

Pennsylvania's Superior Court considers whether endovascular procedures are surgery.

By Craig McChesney, Publisher

Off-Label Medical Device Use

Our FDA expert provides answers to questions about a serious, if common, situation.

By DOROTHY B. ABEL

Innovations

Renegade HI-FLO Microcatheter

Forty years after inventing the balloon catheter, Dr. Fogarty reflects on life as an innovator and an oenophile.

By Thomas Fogarty, MD

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