Even though visceral artery aneurysms represent a rare pathology, they have important significance because of their potentially lethal clinical course. These lesions were described more than 200 years ago, and initial case reports consisted mostly of emergent interventions for rupture.…
Surgical revascularization for lower extremity arteriosclerotic occlusive disease, manifested by critical limb ischemia (CLI) and life-limiting claudication, has been enhanced by an expanding array of conduit choices. In the absence of a perfect arterial substitute, autologous vein possesses the most…
Historical Background In 1927 Moniz at the University of Lisbon was the first to demonstrate the clinical utility of angiography by performing the first cerebral angiogram using sodium iodide. In 1929 dos Santos performed the first aortogram. Swick in 1928…