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Vascular Specialist Volume 2 Number 5

Table of Contents

• Performance Measures Aid In PAD Management
• Subintimal Angioplasty May Aid In Lower Limb Salvage
• New Guidelines Aim To Prevent Contrast Nephropathy
• Closed-Cell Carotid Stents Edge Open-Cell Models
• C-Reactive Protein Appears To Predict Vein-Graft Disease In Peripheral Bypass Patients
• Statin May Aid Raynaud's Phenomenon In Scleroderma
• High-volume Hospitals Demonstrate Better Survival After AAA Repair
• Hybrid TAAA Repair Shows Promise In Small Study
• Drug-Eluting Stents for the Superficial Femoral Artery Need More Study
• Peak Thrombin Generation May Identify Risk Of Recurrent VTE
• Pardon My Patent
• Treatment Options Remain Limited For SFA In-Stent Restenosis
• Diabetics Give Limb Ischemia Surgery Mixed Reviews
• Carotid Stents Raise Ultrasound Threshold for Detecting Stenosis
• Selective Imaging Best For Carotid Surgery?
• Endo Techniques, Surgery, Combos: All Have Role in CLI
• Learning Curve Demonstrated in Complications From Carotid Stenting
• 3-D CT Angiography Aids Carotid Stenting
• Pneumonia Seen as Top Risk Factor for Postop VTE
• Medicare Proposes 5.1% Pay Cut in 2007
• ACE Inhibitors Show Protection Against Aneurysm Rupture
• A Single Specialty in Noncardiac Vascular Disease
• AVA Provided Free Vascular Screening To the 2006 AMA House of Delegates
• Students Can Receive New SVS e-Newsletter
• Marco Polo Scholarship Awarded to Dr. Puggioni
• September Is National Vascular Awareness Month
• New Patient Information Brochures Are Now Available
• SVS Direct Congressional Access
• Vascular Registry: Free, Online Guided Demonstrations Are Now Available
• Calendar of Upcoming Events
• CMS Urges: Get National Provider Identifier Soon
• Interventional Radiology Society Endorses Vascular Registry