The traditional repair of isolated iliac artery aneurysms (IAAs) has been through an open surgical approach. The pelvic location of the isolated iliac aneurysm can increase the technical difficulty of open repair. The operative mortality for open elective repair of…
The use of a cerebral protection device during carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has been a component of most trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of CAS, thereby suggesting that use of cerebral protection devices is standard practice. Currently, there…
Historical Background Initial series demonstrating the feasibility of infrapopliteal angioplasty were reported in the late 1980s and early 1990s concomitant with the development of increasingly small, strong, low-profile balloons; steerable hydrophilic guidewires; and improved road-mapping techniques. These reports, largely for…