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Information for PatientsAneurysm CenterCarotid Artery Stenting Center

May 2008

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

NEWS
Regulatory Update

Industry News

Literature Highlights

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
Introducing a New Topical Hemostatic Agent
By Allan Alexander, MD

VESSEL UPDATE: CAROTID
Carotid Stents and Embolic Protection Devices
By Alan R. Pelton, PhD, and Roy K. Greenberg, MD

TECHNIQUES
Retrieval of a Wire Lost During Central Venous Catheter Replacement
By Peter R. Bream, Jr, MD; Daithi S. Heffernan, MD, AFRCS; and Bassam Shukrallah, MD

COVER STORY
Interventional Strategies for Atherosclerotic Popliteal Disease
By John H. Rundback, MD, and Luis Rodriguez, Jr, MD

Dynamic Forces in the SFA and Popliteal Artery During Knee Flexion
By Frederik H.W. Jonker, MS; Felix J.V. Schlösser, MD; Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD; and Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD

Scoring Angioplasty for Popliteal and Infrageniculate Stenosis
By Erin H. Murphy, MD, and Frank R. Arko, MD

Tackling Popliteal Artery Lesions
By Subhash Banerjee, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD; and Tony S. Das, MD

Surgical Indications for Popliteal Artery Disease
By Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT; Pranab Das, MD; Jeffrey H. Freihage, MD; Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT, FSCAI, FACC; John P. Pacanowski, Jr, MD; and Krishna Mannava, MD

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With O. William Brown, MD, JD