January 2008 Issue - Endovascular Today

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January 2008

In This Issue

Chief Medical Editor's Page

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By John R. Laird, Jr, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Featured Technology

Sponsored by AccessClosure, Inc.

The Mynx™ Vascular Closure Device

Initial clinical experience using a novel approach to vascular closure.

By Gary M. Ansel, MD, and Joseph M. Garasic, MD

Imaging & Diagnostics

Multidetector CT in the Evaluation of Thoracic Aortic Disease

The pre-eminent platform for the planning and surveillance of TEVAR patients.

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

Cover Story

Iliofemoral Deep Venous Thrombosis

Treating a unique DVT case with rheolytic mechanical thrombectomy and infusion thrombolysis.

By George H. Meier, MD, RVT, FACS

EVAR of a Large AAA With a Pelvic Kidney

Mating an off-the-shelf helical limb with a custom, fenestrated device offered AAA repair without compromising renal function in a patient with multiple comorbidities.

By Tara M. Mastracci, MD; Roy K. Greenberg, MD; and Kate Pfaff, BS

Managing Iatrogenic Injury and Arteriovenous Fistulae

Covered or bare-metal stents may be useful options for treating perforation and arteriovenous fistulae complicating below-the-knee arterial interventions.

By David L. Dawson, MD

Endovascular Salvage of a Displaced Carotid Filter

A patient with multiple comorbidities undergoes successful carotid artery stenting.

By Donald T. Baril, MD, and Mark H. Wholey, MD

Complications of Renal Artery Stenting

Diagnosis and management of stent malposition and antegrade arterial dissection.

By Andrew Holden, MBChB, FRANZCR

Acute Descending Thoracic Dissection

A case with multiple complications and the failure of initial medical management was treated successfully using an endovascular stent graft.

By Rodney A. White, MD; Carlos E. Donayre, MD; Irwin Walot, MD; Maurice Lippmann, MD; Dongyu Tony Fang, MD; and George Kopchok, BS

Transbrachial Approach for Carotid Artery Stenting

Treating a patient with difficult aortic arch anatomy.

By Vinay Kumar, MD

Percutaneous Repair of a Giant Chronic TAAA Dissection

An endovascular approach utilizing a combination of stent graft and covered stents is feasible in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

By Shigeki Hirayama, MD; Yuji Kanaoka, MD; Makoto Sumi, MD; and Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

Endovascular Treatment of Renal Parenchymal Hemorrhage

A patient experiences a renal parenchymal hemorrhage after stenting.

By Donald T. Baril, MD, and Mark H. Wholey, MD

Acute-on-Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia

Recanalization of an occluded SMA using a steerable, deflectable guiding catheter.

By Jack Wei Chieh Tan, MBBS, and John R. Laird, Jr, MD

Hybrid Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Emergent thrombectomy, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, and stenting of an acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery.

By Lawrence Rajan, MD; Kathryn Dougherty; Igor Gregoric, MD; and Neil E. Strickman, MD

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