Introduction Acute upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) characterizes a disease process that ranges from an acutely swollen and painful extremity to one that is asymptomatic. This condition can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary upper extremity DVT…
This chapter discusses open surgical options for femoral, popliteal, and tibial arterial occlusive disease. Although some of these procedures may also be performed for disabling intermittent claudication, the vast majority should only be performed for critical lower limb ischemia, which…
The incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) has been estimated to exceed 900,000 cases annually in the United States. Upper extremity DVT can result in PE in 4% to 12% of the cases, and there are…
Dialysis access management was traditionally performed in the hospital setting. Now, newly developed percutaneous techniques have allowed some of these procedures to be transitioned to the outpatient office setting. The increased prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in an aging population…
The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is the infrainguinal vessel most commonly involved with severe atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Thus, it is not surprising that vascular surgeons have been reluctant to accept the concept of preferentially using an inflow site distal to…
A broad knowledge accumulated from our experience with duplex imaging during a variety of vascular interventions supports a number of its valuable and unique features, including visualization of the vessel wall, substantial (up to five times) vascular magnification, precise measurements,…