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An Interview With Alan B. Lumsden, MD

An endovascular expert describes the Top Gun competition, simulation training, and a multi-industry collaboration called Pumps and Pipes.

By Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Hybrid Interventions for Complex Aortic Pathology

Expanding endograft therapy to the entire aorta.

By Alan B. Lumsden, MD; Eric K. Peden, MD; Jon-Cecil Walkes, MD; Mahesh Ramchandani, MD; Uttam Tripathy, MD; and Michael J. Reardon, MD

Coding Principles for Percutaneous Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Theory and practice regarding component coding.

By Alan B. Lumsden, MD, and Eric Peden, MD

Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury

Should endovascular repair be considered the standard of treatment?

By Peter H. Lin, MD, and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDY: PHARMACOMECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY OF ILIOFEMORAL DVT

By Peter H. Lin, MD; Eric Peden, MD; Wei Zhou, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Treatment Strategies for Complex Iliac Artery Disease

Tips for treating this challenging presentation with endovascular techniques.

By Jean Bismuth, MD, and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Three-Dimensional Imaging and Navigation

Three-dimensional CT reconstruction should be included throughout endovascular procedures, enabling better procedure planning and increasing patient satisfaction.

By Alan B. Lumsden, MD; Christof Karmonik, PHD; Miguel Valderabanno, MD; Dipan Shah, MD; and Jean Bismuth, MD

The Role of Simulation in Aortic Endografting

How this tool can be used effectively to train the next generation of vascular clinicians.

By Alan B. Lumsden, MD; Jean Bismuth, MD; and Michael A. Donovan, BS

Endovascular Intervention of Iliofemoral Venous Thrombosis

Is there a role for percutaneous pharmacomechanical thrombectomy?

By Peter H. Lin, MD; Eric Peden, MD; Wei Zhou, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

The Fellows Top Gun Challenge

The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery and industry collaborate to bring fellows together in a simulator training competition.

By Jean Bismuth, MD, and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Assessing the Learning Curve of CAS

Lessons learned from 246 carotid artery stenting procedures.

By Peter H. Lin, MD; Wei Zhou, MD; Panos Kougias, MD; Hosam El Sayed, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Embolotherapy of Peripheral Arteriovenous Malformations

Advances in embolic agents and microcatheter techniques have allowed more successful treatment of this uncommon clinical entity.

By Wei Zhou, MD; Peter H. Lin, MD; Andres Eraso, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

When Is Surgery Still the Best Option?

Given the variety of endovascular treatment modalities for lower-leg interventions, when should physicians consider surgical treatment in their patient management?

By Panagiotis Kougias, MD; Wei Zhou, MD; Alan B. Lumsden, MD; and Peter H. Lin, MD

Fellows Debate: Access for EVAR

Percutaneous or femoral artery cutdown? A debate from the multispecialty conference at the Texas Medical Center.

By Firas F. Mussa, MD; James H. Mitchell, MD; Joseph J. Naoum, MD; Zvonimir Krajcer, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Vena Caval Filters in the Treatment of Acute DVT

IVC filter placement provides protection against PE caused in part by thrombus fragmentation during the thrombectomy or thrombolytic procedure.

By Peter H. Lin, MD; Ruth L. Bush, MD; and Alan B. Lumsden, MD

Pioneering Insights: Why EVAR's History Must Guide Its Future

Aortic experts and enthusiasts convened at the 2016 VERVE Symposium in Sydney, Australia, to reflect on the first 25 years of EVAR, as well as how past lessons can streamline modern innovation.

Continued Study, Debate, and Collaboration

By Andrew Holden, MBChB, FRANZCR, and Robert Bersin, MD - Guest Chief Medical Editors

All Eyes on TEVAR

By Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

Stroke Management

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

The PVSS

An update of the history and future of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society.

By Lewis B. Schwartz, MD, and Robert G. Scribner, MD