Volume 25

Number 1

January 2011

Official publication for:

Brazilian Society of Angiology and Vascular

Surgery

French Society for Vascular Surgery

Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, USA

Southern California Vascular Surgical Society

Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA)

Vascular Society of India

Vascular Surgeons of Spanish Language

Contents

EDITORIAL

A Short Story about Annals and an Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 1R. Berguer

PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY SOCIETY - 20TH ANNUAL

WINTER MEETING

Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Predictors of Procedure-

Related Stroke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 3Frederik H.W. Jonker, Hence J.M. Verhagen, Robin H. Heijmen, Peter H. Lin, Santi Trimarchi, W. Anthony Lee,

Frans L. Moll, Husam Athamneh, and Bart E. Muhs, New Haven, Connecticut; Rotterdam, Utrecht,

and Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; Houston, Texas; Milan, Italy; and Gainesville, Florida

Incidence and Characteristics of Venous Thromboembolic Disease During Pregnancy and the

Postnatal Period: A Contemporary Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 9David J. O’Connor, Larry A. Scher, Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, Jinsuk Jang, William D. Suggs, and Evan C. Lipsitz,

Bronx, New York

The Success of Endovascular Therapy for All TransAtlantic Society Consensus Graded

Femoropopliteal Lesions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15Daniel K. Han, Tejas R. Shah, Sharif H. Ellozy, Ageliki G. Vouyouka, Michael L. Marin, and Peter L. Faries,

New York, New York

Outcomes Related to Antiplatelet or Anticoagulation Use in Patients Undergoing Carotid

Endarterectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25Andrew Rosenbaum, Adnan Z. Rizvi, Peter B. Alden, Alexander S. Tretinyak, John N. Graber,

Jo Anne Goldman, and Timothy M. Sullivan, Minneapolis, Minnesota

A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of the Effect of Preoperative Statin Use on Matrix

Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Areas of Low and

Peak Wall Stress in Patients Undergoing Elective Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic

Aneurysm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32MNA. Abdul Rahman, Junaid Alam Khan, Fayyaz Ali Khan Mazari, Katherine Mockford,

Peter Thomas McCollum, and Ian Clifford Chetter, Hull, United Kingdom

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Vena Cava Thrombectomy and Primary Repair After Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell

Carcinoma: Single-Center Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39Brian T. Helfand, Norm D. Smith, James M. Kozlowski, and Mark K. Eskandari, Chicago, Illinois

Emerging National Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Lower Extremity Peripheral

Arterial Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44Michael S. Hong, Adam W. Beck, and Peter R. Nelson, Gainesville, Florida

Closed-Cell Stents Present With Higher Velocities on Duplex Ultrasound Compared With

Open-Cell Stents After Carotid Intervention: Short- and Mid-Term Results . . . . . . . . .

55Hafiz G. Hussain, Ritu Aparajita, Sikandar Z. Khan, Combiz Rezayat, James F. McKinsey, and Rajeev Dayal,

New York, New York

Hybrid Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Involving the Visceral Vessels:

Comparative Analysis Between Number of Vessels Reconstructed, Conduit, and Gender . .

64Taylor A. Smith, Sarah Gatens, Martinez Andres, J. Gregory Modrall, G. Patrick Clagett, and Frank R. Arko,

Dallas, Texas

Laser Saphenous Ablations inMore Than 1,000 LimbsWith Long-TermDuplex Examination

Follow-Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

71Giorgio Spreafico, Lowell Kabnick, Todd L. Berland, Neal S. Cayne, Tom S. Maldonado, Glenn S. Jacobowitz,

Caron R. Rockman, Pat J. Lamparello, Ugo Baccaglini, Nung Rudarakanchana, and Mark A. Adelman,

New York, New York; and Padova, Italy

The Effect of Percutaneous Intervention on Wound Healing in Patients With Mixed Arterial

Venous Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

79John C. Lantis II, Deva Boone, Larisse Lee, Donna Mendes, Alan Benvenisty, and George Todd, New York,

New York

Single Center Experience With Modified Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy. . . . . . . . .

87Tze-Woei Tan, Albert K. Weyman, Siamak Barkhordarian, and Robert B. Patterson, Providence, Rhode Island

Evaluating Outcomes of Endoleak Discrepancies Between Computed Tomography Scan and

Ultrasound Imaging After Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair . . . . . . . . . . .

94Shardul B. Nagre, Steven M. Taylor, Marc A. Passman, Mark A. Patterson, Bart R. Combs, Bruce G. Lowman,

and William D. Jordan Jr, Birmingham, Alabama

Long-Term Results of Endoscopic Versus Open Saphenous Vein Harvest for Lower Extremity

Bypass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

101Walker Julliard, Jeremy Katzen, Michael Nabozny, Kate Young, Carolyn Glass, Michael J. Singh,

and Karl A. Illig, Rochester, New York

Surgical Management of Hemodialysis-Related Central Venous Occlusive Disease: A

Treatment Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

108Javier E. Anaya-Ayala, Patricia H. Bellows, Nyla Ismail, Zulfiqar F. Cheema, Joseph J. Naoum, Jean Bismuth,

Alan B. Lumsden, Michael J. Reardon, Mark G. Davies, and Eric K. Peden, Houston, Texas

Long-TermOutcomes of Palmaz Stent Placement for Intraoperative Type Ia Endoleak During

Endovascular Aneurysm Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

120Zachary M. Arthurs, Sean P. Lyden, Ravi R. Rajani, Matthew J. Eagleton, and Daniel G. Clair,

Cleveland, Ohio

Full Metal Jacket Stenting of the Superficial Femoral Artery: A Retrospective Review. . . .

127Parth S. Shah, Anil Hingorani, Enrico Ascher, Alexander Shiferson, Kapil Gopal, Daniel Jung, Natalie Marks,

and Theresa Jacob, Brooklyn, New York

CASE REPORTS PRESENTED TO THE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY SOCIETY - 20THANNUAL WINTER MEETING

Endovascular Repair of an Intraoperative Thoracic Aortic Injury During All-Posterior

Vertebral Column Resection Surgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132Jeffrey Jim, Luis A. Sanchez, and Patrick J. Geraghty, St. Louis, Missouri

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Technique of Hybrid Retrograde Superior Mesenteric Artery Stent Placement for

Acute-on-Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132George T. Pisimisis, and Gustavo S. Oderich, Rochester, Minnesota

Isolated Infrarenal Caval Disruption Secondary to Minimal Blunt Trauma . . . . . . . . .

132Justin Hurie, Peter Ehrlich, Valerie Castle, and Jonathan L. Eliason, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hypogastric Artery Preservation During Aortoiliac Aneurysm Repair . . . . . . . . . . . .

133Kevin Casey, Weesam K. Al-Khatib, and Wei Zhou, Stanford and Palo Alto, California

Endovascular Repair of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a PatientWith Stenosis of Bilateral

Common Iliac Artery Stents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

133Leo J. Daab, Gilbert Aidinian, Michael A. Weber, Ronald J. Kembro, and Patrick R. Cook, El Paso, Texas

GENERAL REVIEW

Rifampin-Bonded Vascular Grafts and Postoperative Infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

134Olivier Go€eau-Brissonni�ere, Isabelle Javerliat, Fabien Koskas, Marc Coggia, and Jean-Claude Pech�ere,Boulogne-Billancourt, Versailles and Paris, France; and Geneva, Switzerland

BASIC DATA UNDERLYING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY

EDITOR, TIMOTHY M. SULLIVAN

Results of Open Pararenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Tabular Review of the

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

143Tiziano Tallarita, Marcone L. Sobreira, and Gustavo S. Oderich, Rochester, Minnesota; and Botucatu, Brazil

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