August 2007 Issue - Endovascular Today

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August 2007

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Chief Medical Editor's Page

Options For Treating CLI

By John R. Laird, Jr, MD

Perspectives

VPI: Expanding Initiatives

Endovascular Today interviews James D. Joye, DO, President of VIVA Physicians (VPI), regarding the group's multispecialty collaboration efforts, philanthropy, and annual meeting.

By James D. Joye, DO

Imaging & Diagnostics

The Vascular Surgery Operating Room

Development of an up-to-date operating room that will meet the demands of the vascular surgery patient and team.

By Matthew J. Eagleton, MD, and Jonathan L. Schaffer, MD, MBA

Cover Story

Endovascular Treatments for Critical Limb Ischemia

The past, present, and future of treating this disease.

By Jeffrey H. Freihage, MD, and Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT

Ischemic Limb Complications in the ICU

How to recognize and manage the risk factors and complications that can lead to limb ischemia in hospitalized patients.

By David L. Dawson, MD

Recent Advances in Atherectomy

The role of this treatment option in critical limb ischemia patients.

By Michael C. Nguyen, MBBS, and Lawrence A. Garcia, MD

Orbital Atherectomy for Infrapopliteal Occlusions

A treatment option for critical limb ischemia.

By Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Improving Infrapopliteal Balloon Angioplasty Results

A new generation of long balloons for treating diabetics and nondiabetics.

By Lanfroi Graziani, MD

Cryoplasty, Cutting Balloon, and AngioSculpt

Novel technologies for endovascular management of infrapopliteal disease.

By Vinod Nair, MD, FACC, and Peter S. Fail, MD, FACC, FACP

Bare Nitinol Stenting of Tibial Arteries in CLI Patients

An interim look the VIVA I/XCELL trial.

By Krishna Rocha-Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI, on behalf of VIVA Physicians, Inc.

Update: Drug-Eluting Stents in Tibial Arteries

Two-year results from the Leipzig Cypher BTK registry.

By Dierk Scheinert, MD

Excimer Laser-Assisted Angioplasty

Physical modifications and new tools to allow directional control of laser photoablative therapy and creation of larger lumens have become available since the LACI trial.

By Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, and Vinod Nair, MD, FACC

Innovations

An Interview with Alan H. Matsumoto, MD

A leading interventional radiologist explains the strength of multidisciplinary documents, the 5-year outlook for VTED, and why technology has an impact on decision making.

By Alan H. Matsumoto, MD

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