Endovascular Technology

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 20
Acknowledgment......Page 22
Contributors......Page 24
Section I: General Considerations\r......Page 30
1: History of Endovascular Surgery\r......Page 32
2: Understanding the Diffusion of Vascular Procedures......Page 48
3: The Endovascular Suite: Northwestern University Perspective\r......Page 60
4: The Cost of Endovascular Peripheral Interventions and Endovascular Aneurysm Repair\r......Page 70
5: Pathology of Stents and Stent Endografts\r......Page 82
6: The Acquisition of Endovascular Skills by Vascular Surgeons\r......Page 100
Section II: Cerebrovascular Techniques\r......Page 108
7: Initiating a program in Carotid Stenting\r......Page 110
8: The Role of Stents in Patients with Carotid Disease\r......Page 126
9: Carotid Stents and Embolic Protection Devices\r......Page 134
10: Interventional Approaches to Acute Stroke\r......Page 142
11: Techniques of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting\r......Page 158
12: Endovascular Management of Supra-Aortic Trunk Lesions\r......Page 166
13: Management of Carotid Stent Complications\r......Page 178
14: Covered Stents for Subclavian-Axillary Artery Injuries\r......Page 188
15: Endovascular Treatment of Supra-aortic Arterial Trauma\r......Page 192
Section III: Endovascular Interventions in Infrainguinal Lesions\r......Page 204
16: Long-Term Results of Combined Common Femoral Endarterectomy and Iliac Stent/Stent Grafting for Occlusive Disease\r......Page 206
17: Long-Term Outcomes of Iliac Artery Angioplasty and Stenting\r......Page 216
18: The Cost of Patency\r......Page 224
19: Subintimal Angioplasty\r......Page 234
20: Catheter-Based Plaque Excision: Is there a Role? Examining the Silver Hawk System\r......Page 242
21: When Bypass is not Enough: Endovascular Techniques and Wound Healing Modalities.........Page 254
22: Iliac Artery Occlusion\r......Page 266
23: Angioplasty and Stent in Selected Patients with Femoro-Tibial Lesions\r......Page 276
24: Angioplasty and Stenting for Infrainguinal Lesions\r......Page 282
25: Lower Extremity Vein Grafts Requiring Multiple Revisions\r......Page 296
Section IV: EVAR\r......Page 304
26: Update on EVAR\r......Page 306
27: Techniques for EVAR\r......Page 312
28: Percutaneous Approach for EVAR\r......Page 324
29: Pressure Sensor Use with Endovascular Aneurysm Repair\r......Page 328
30: Percutaneous Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm\r......Page 342
31: Aortic Neck Changes during Surveillance of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms\r......Page 350
32: Branched and Fenestrated Stent-Grafts\r......Page 358
33: Role of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms\r......Page 378
34: Endoconversion after Open and Endovascular Repair\r......Page 390
35: Endovascular Therapy of Post-traumatic Pseudoaneurysms\r......Page 400
36: Bailouts for Endovascular Procedures\r......Page 414
37: Salvage Procedures for Late Endovascular Failures\r......Page 426
38: Late Failure of Endovascular AAA Repair\r......Page 434
Section V: TEVAR\r......Page 452
39: Update on Thoracic Aortic Endograft\r......Page 454
40: TEVAR following FDA Approval: Results of the TAG 05-02.........Page 466
41: Combining Open and Endovascular Approaches to Complex Aneurysms\r......Page 470
42: Current Treatment of Type B Thoracic Aortic Dissections\r......Page 490
43: Renal Malperfusion Following Aortic Dissection\r......Page 502
44: Endovascular Management of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injuries\r......Page 512
Section VI: Visceral Artery Interventions\r......Page 518
45: Renal Revascularization: Conventional Surgery vs Endoluminal Catheter-Based Therapy in the US\r......Page 520
46: Debate: Mesenteric Ischemia - Open Repair vs Stents\r......Page 534
Section VII: Endovenous Technologies\r......Page 546
47: Endovascular Treatment for Major Vein Occlusion\r......Page 548
48: Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins\r......Page 562
49: Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy for Varicose Veins\r......Page 570
50: Endovenous Radiofrequency Obliteration of Saphenous Vein Reflux\r......Page 584
51: Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins\r......Page 598
52: Transvenous Insertion of Inferior Vena Cava Filters\r......Page 606
53: Retrievable Vena Cava Filters for Venous Thromboembolism\r......Page 618
54: Transcatheter Embolization in Arteriovenous Malformation\r......Page 626
Index\r......Page 634