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Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral Arterial DiseaseAntegrade Superficial Femoral Artery Access

Antegrade superficial femoral artery access is safe and offers significant advantages or traditional common femoral artery access.

Peripheral Arterial DiseasePeripheral Artery Disease Progression maybe more common than previously thought

This paper is a meta-analysis looking at progression of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

ClaudicationCERAB Technique for AortoIliac Reconstruction

Severe aortoiliac occlusion with rest pain and short distance claudication treated with novel CERAB technique using covered stent grafts.

Critical Limb IschemiaChiba Needle Sharp Recanalization for CLI

Sharp recanailziation of a heavily calcified SFA occlusion

Critical Limb IschemiaNon healing ulcer with normal skin perfusion pressures

Current physiologic testing for ulcer perfusion may fail to identify patients with ischemia

ClaudicationEndovascular therapy of external iliac and common femoral artery occlusion

Endovascular therapy of external iliac and common femoral artery occlusion with 31 month follow up

ClaudicationEndovascular Repair of an Aorto-Bifemoral Graft Limb Anastomotic Stenosis

Endovascular repair of an anastomic stenosis of a aortobifemoral bypass graft using JetStream atherectomy

ClaudicationDirectional atherectomy with external assistance

64 year old female with severe short distance claudication limiting the patients ability to work

ClaudicationClaudication and rest pain secondary to CFA occlusion

62 year old female with 2 months of short distance claudication and rest pain at night

Critical Limb IschemiaRest pain in a 104 year old female

104 year old female with worsening left foot rest pain

Arterial AneurysmEnlarging Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm

Asymptomatic slowly enlarging internal iliac artery aneurysm

ClaudicationShort distance claudication severely limiting daily living

87 year old with severe left leg claudication limiting ability to walk more than 100 feet

Peripheral Arterial DiseaseClinical evalulation of peripheral arterial disease

Review of the clinical findings and their usefulness in identifying patients with peripheral arterial disease

Arterial AneurysmPulsatile groin mass 15 years after an aorto bifemoral bypass graft

87 year old male with a right groin pseudoaneurysm due to the dehisences of the fabric of an aorto bifemoral bypass graft

ClaudicationFlank Claudication

Exertional flank pain secondary to claudication.

ClaudicationShort distance claudication treated with atherectomy

59 year old male with short distance exercise induced left leg pain. Pain was severe and was interfering with the patients actively living.

Critical Limb IschemiaPain misdiagnosed as in grown toe nail

101 year old female, admitted to the hospital with foot and toe pain. Patient had a cool pulseless foot.

Critical Limb IschemiaAnte/retrograde recanalization occluded ATA for CLI

79 year old female with non healing ulcers. Occlusion of all three arteries in the calf.

Critical Limb IschemiaPedal Loop Reconstruction

46 year old male, type 1 diabetes, with ulcers on several toes. Patient had palpable pulses at the ankle.

AtheroembolismPurple Toe from Ulcerated Popliteal Artery Plaque

59 year old male, smoker, sudden onset of pain and discoloration of the right 3rd toe.

Critical Limb IschemiaNeuroischemic ulcer from distal PTA and LPA stenosis

61 year old male, diabetic, developed a lateral right foot ulcer after a pedicure. The posterior tibial artery pulse was palpable.

Critical Limb IschemiaCritical limb ischemia, failed bypass graft

64 year old male, type 1 diabetes, with a prior femoral to politeal bypass graft and a subsequent poplileal to tibial bypass graft.

Critical Limb IschemiaPlantar arch angioplasty to prevent toe amputation

67 year old male, type1 diabetic, with painful ulceration at the tip of the second toe. Patient did not toe amputation.

Critical Limb IschemiaHeel ulcer during rehabilitation after fracture of the femur

82 year old male, heavy smoker, developed right heel ulcer during rehab after a femur fracture.

Leg & Foot Ulcers Gangrene right foot after failed open and endovascular procedures

83 year old male, Type I Diabetes, end stage renal disease, living independently who was told he needed a below knee amputation.

Critical Limb IschemiaPainful lateral malleorar ulcer

86 year old female with a several month history of a painful non-healing ulcer over the lateral malleolus.

Critical Limb IschemiaCritical limb ischemia misdiagnosed as gout

94 year old female, worsening right toe and foot pain. Seen by primary care and diagnosed as having gout.

Critical Limb IschemiaSFA Recanalization and viabhaun stenting after failed bypass graft

71 year old female with a non healing ulcer on the left foot.

Critical Limb IschemiaSpectrum of Diabetic Foot Ulceration

Diabetic Foot Ulceration (DFU) is one of the most severe consequences of diabetes.

Peripheral Arterial DiseaseNormal CT Angiogram of the Pedal Arteries

CT Angiography is one of the best non-invasive anatomical imaging tools available.

Leg & Foot UlcersFoot Ulcers: Spectrum of Ischemia

Ulcers (wounds) involving the feet and toes are most commonly seen in diabetic patients and are commonly called diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs).

Peripheral Arterial DiseaseClinical Evaluation for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and its more severe variant critical limb ischemia (CLI) can be notoriously difficult to diagnose.

Peripheral Arterial DiseaseClinical Evaluation of the Foot for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and its more severe variant critical limb ischemia (CLI) can be notoriously difficult to diagnose.