bypass… Debranch First! or Why Haven’t We Done This All Along for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms? 12 Jul 202021 Jul 2020 Context Despite all the advances in endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, no data shows their superiority in the mid to long term compared to open repair. That is why…
acute mesenteric ischemia… Life imitates social media: a ruptured type V thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm or IT saves a life 21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019 It was only last month when I came across a post of an aortic aneurysm in a difficult spot (link) and I couldn't help chiming in some comments. Reading it…
AIOD… Arterial Restoration in CLTI with Remote Endarterectomy (EndoRE). 12 Jun 2019 The patient is a man over 70 years of age who came to the hospital with severe pain of his right foot and leg with walking short distances and at…
AIOD… Incidental Pheochromacytoma 11 Nov 2018 An oldie but a goodie from my first blog, "The Pipes Are Calling" on Medscape. This case came to mind when I recently diagnosed a pheochromacytoma from my clinic -middle…
amputation… Exovascularist’s Dilemma: Where Is Our LIMA to LAD 27 May 201827 May 2018 During our daily morning huddles, peopled by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, one thing impresses me more than anything else. The assembled interventional cardiologists, world class and renown, they who can…
AIOD… Arterial Restoration -Something New, Something Old 13 Sep 2017 Something that I recently promised Dr. James S.T. Yao, I will be working to publish on my stent removal and extended remote endarterectomy cases and techniques. Meanwhile, here is a…
AIOD… The Unclampable: Strategies for Managing a Heavily Calcified Infrarenal Aorta 22 May 201723 May 2017 Leriche Syndrome -one of those disease names that adds to our work in a way that an ICD codes and even the "aortoiliac occlusive disease" fails to describe. When I…
AAA… When both iliac systems are occluded below an abdominal aortic aneurysm: hybrid techniques on the cutting edge 2 Apr 20172 Apr 2017 The patient is an 70 year old man referred for evaluation of claudication that occurred at under a block of walking. He reported no rest pain or tissue loss. He…
bypass… The femoral bifurcation does not tolerate endovascular miscalculation 18 Dec 2015 The patient presented with complaints of leg and foot pain with sitting and short distance calf claudication, being unable to walk more than 100 feet. This is unusual because sitting…
bypass… The Ilio-femoral-popliteal remote endarterectomy -The Concept Behind Extended Remote Endarterectomy is Moving Inflow from the Groin to the Knee 28 Oct 201528 Oct 2015 Why perform such an extensive endarterectomy when just a few stents will do? This is a valid question, given the relative safety of interventions and the durability of bypasses. There…