Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: At What Size Should We Intervene?
WEBThoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a potentially life-threatening disorder that without intervention carries a poor prognosis. Once diagnosed, the 3-year survival for large degenerative TAAs (> 60 mm in diameter) is approximately 20%. 1 Hospital admissions in the United Kingdom for TAAs have doubled in the last decade, and von Allmen and colleagues reported a TAA hospital admission rate of nine ...
Iliac Vein Stenting: Best Practices for Patient Safety and Successful ...
WEBAppropriate confirmatory diagnostic imaging on an “intent-to-treat” basis prior to stenting is critical. A combination of multiplanar venography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) are gold standards for proper stent placement to identify …
Treating the Small Saphenous Vein - Endovascular Today
WEBSmall saphenous vein (SSV) reflux is an important and often overlooked cause of superficial venous insufficiency. It is present in about one-sixth of patients with superficial venous insufficiency, and its manifestations are often confused with reflux in the great saphenous vein (GSV). The use of ...
CT Venography: Technique and Indications - Endovascular Today
WEB• Malignancy/limb swelling/lymphedema. Indirect CTV is a general catch-all scan and usually is obviously abnormal or entirely normal. For example, in malignancy, there may be a large lymph node mass clearly causing venous obstruction, or in lymphedema, the scan looks absolutely normal ().• Chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction (cases in which there is …
Iliac Intervention and Management of the ... - Endovascular Today
WEBThe management of aortoiliac occlusive disease has, for the most part, transitioned to an endovascular-first approach, irrespective of TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) classification, with open surgery primarily reserved for recalcitrant disease or technical failures in recanalizations.
New Coding for Endovascular Stroke Therapy in 2016
WEBThere is a new code (61645) specific for endovascular stroke therapy effective January 1, 2016. This code is inclusive of almost all components of the service, which means that coding these procedures should be more straightforward than in the past. For purposes of coding stroke services, there are ...
Duplex Ultrasound Technical Considerations for Lower Extremity …
WEBOver the past 2 decades, duplex ultrasound has impacted venous anatomic nomenclature, diagnosis, and treatment. With the growth of interventional procedures for venous disease, duplex ultrasound has become the cornerstone for diagnosis and treatment. However, there is an educational gap to properly ...
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural
WEBOverall, the current body of literature on MMAe has effectively narrowed the recurrence rate of NASDH from 2% to 37% after surgical evacuation to 0% to 4.1%. 50,59 Nevertheless, these data from case reports, case series, retrospective studies, and meta-analyses have not shifted MMAe into standard of care. The final steps toward a more widely accepted paradigm shift in the treatment of NASDH ...
EKOS® Therapy Restores Quality of Life in ... - Endovascular Today
WEBFigure 2. A 67-year-old man with a history of multiple episodes of DVT in 2006, 2007, and 2013. An inferior vena cava filter was placed in 2007 after DVT while on anticoagulation; he was diagnosed with prothrombin 20210 mutation and placed on lifelong warfarin.
US Device Guide - Endovascular Today
WEBNews and information on minimally invasive vascular disease therapies, covering peripheral vascular disease, aneurysms, stroke, hypertension, dialysis access, and venous issues.