This article is a companion to “Coding for Lower Extremity Revascularization in 2011,” which was published in Endovascular Today'sMay 2011 issue. In January 2011, 16 new codes were introduced, ...

Patient Presentation A male in his early 70s with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and COVID-19 ...

Preventing SFA perforations during an interventional procedure requires meticulous adherence to good angiographic technique. Almost all SFA guidewire perforations can be avoided by first obtaining a ...

Multiple factors, rather than a single process, are implicated in the pathogenesis of TAA. Whereas abdominal aneurysms are characterized by severe intimal atherosclerosis, chronic transmural ...

In 2014, Penumbra broke into the peripheral thrombectomy space with the release of the first Indigo System catheters, the 5-F CAT5 catheter and the 3-F CAT3 catheter (Penumbra, Inc.). These were ...

The International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) was formed in 2003 as an international organization committed to the recognition and promotion of vascular surgery, a defined specialty separate ...

First, what are the unique advantages of performing cases in hospitals? What do you see as the biggest disadvantages? Dr. Armstrong: Performing cases in the hospital has a number of advantages. The ...

Dr. Scott J. Cameron shares insights in venous thrombus biology, and Drs. Labib Haddad and Octavio Cosme present case reports using the FlowTriever and ClotTriever systems after unsuccessful ...

Crossing the antecubital fossa with a stent or stent-graft to treat a dysfunctional or thrombosed graft can be a cause for concern for most interventionists. Some stent-grafts will kink when the arm ...

Investigators share case-based perspectives and trial experiences with the Serranator PTA Serration Balloon Catheter, now FDA-cleared for use below the knee. Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) ...

Stent grafts that do not conform to the contours of the aortic arch can sit above the inner curvature of the arch, forming a “bird's beak” on imaging. The length of the graft that is not in contact ...

Varicose veins are largely treated by changing the circulatory pattern created by the underlying valvular failure. This frequently involves disconnecting superficial and deep connections that have ...