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March 2008

Chief Medical Editor's Page
By Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

News

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY:
Achieving Iliac Access for Endovascular Repair
By Clifford J. Buckley, MD, FACS, and Shirley D. Buckley, MSN, RN, CS

VARICOSE VEIN UPDATE
Optimal Imaging for Varicose Vein Procedures
By José I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT

Building the Rocky Mountain Vein Clinic
By Andre Zollars

Catheter-Directed Sclerotherapy for Saphenous Vein Incompetence
By José I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT, and Jeffrey K. Raines, PhD, RVT

Endovenous Ablation Device Update

CHALLENGING CASES
Stent Placement in the Right Subclavian Artery
By Vinay Kumar, MD

VESSEL UPDATE: VASCULAR ACCESS AND CLOSURE
Vascular Access Site Management
By "Lisa" Hung Yu, MD, MBA; Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, FACS; Jean Starr, MD, FACS; and Frank R. Arko, MD

COVER STORY
Peripheral Vascular CTA
By David E. Allie, MD; Raghotham R. Patlola, MD; Agostino Ingraldi, MD; Chris J. Hebert, RT(R), RCIS; and Craig M. Walker, MD

The Promise of MR for TEVAR and EVAR
By Felix J.V. Schlösser, MD; Hamid R. Mojibian, MD; Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD; Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD; David Gortler, PharmD; and Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD

Multimodality Imaging and Image-Guided Surgery
By Vikash R. Goel, MS; Anil Ambekar, MD; and Roy K. Greenberg, MD

Building a Modern Endovascular Suite
By Marshall E. Benjamin, MD

Pros and Cons of IVUS Imaging for Endovascular Procedures
By Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

MDCT Angiography to Assess Aortic Pathology and PAD
By Peter H. Lin, MD; Panagiotis Kougias, MD; Tam T. Huynh, MD; and Joseph S. Coselli, MD

The Catheterization Lab of the Future
By Patrick Peeters, MD; Jürgen Verbist, MD; Koen Deloose, MD; and Marc Bosiers, MD

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
The Cancion System for Heart Failure
By Aaron Schoenkerman, MD; Laura Eaton, RN; Shawn Donnelly, RN; and Ernest Haeusslein, MD

FDA INSIGHTS
Medical Device Labeling
By Dorothy B. Abel and Angela C. Smith

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With Manish Mehta, MD

Cover image (Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., Tustin, CA) courtesy of David E. Allie, MD, of the Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Lafayette, Louisiana.