Table of Contents

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
Epidemiology and pathophysiology of peripheral arterial disease (PAD); GI Pandele and C Dima-Cozma
The endovascular suite and equipment; K Dougherty and Z Krajcer
SECTION II: TECHNIQUES
Arterial access for endovascular interventions: vascular access; JS Jenkins
Arterial access for endovascular interventions: radial and brachial arterial access; PW McMullan Jr and JS Jenkins
Arterial access for endovascular interventions: transradial approach; I Henry, M Henry, and M Hugel
Arterial access for endovascular interventions: popliteal access to peripheral procedures; M Henry, I Henry, and M Hugel
Introducer sheaths, catheters, guiding catheters, and guidewires; K Dougherty and Z Krajcer
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; T Collins and PW McMullan Jr
Cutting balloon angioplasty; S Tyagi
SilverHawk (R) atherectomy device; RS Gammon and JR Nelson
Percutaneous peripheral atherectomy using the Rotablator; I Henry, M Henry, and M Hugel
A new rotational thrombectomy and atherectomy catheter: the Rotarex system; I Henry, M Henry, and M Hugel
Orbital atherectomy system: a novel means of peripheral vascular rotational atherectomy; DT Cragen and RR Heuser
Subintimal angioplasty; G Markose and A Bolia
Recanalization devices for chronic total occlusions (including optical coherent reflectometry); G Baweja and RR Heuser
Catheter-directed intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy; NN Khanna and RR Kasliwal
Thromboaspiration and thrombectomy in peripheral vessels; NN Khanna
The future of thrombolysis; T McNamara
Endovascular treatment for acute and chronic lower extremity deep vein thrombosis; PE Thorpe and FJ Osse
Stents; RR Heuser, KL Waters, CW Hatler, and LM Kelly
Role of covered stents in peripheral arterial diseases; M Henry, I Henry, and M Hugel
Embolic protection devices; M Henry, I Henry, A Polydorou, and M Hugel
Vascular closure devices; ZG Turi
Other techniques of percutaneous intervention: retrieval devices, embolization therapy,
and angiogenesis; JA Silva and JS Jenkins
SECTION III: NEUROVASCULAR; Epidemiology and pathophysiology of neurovascular disease; C Klonaris, A Papapetrou, and A Katsargyris
Neuroradiological anatomy; MH Wholey and WS Wu
Doppler ultrasound and carotid angioplasty: carotid ultrasonography and transcranial Doppler; S Kownator and F Luizy
The value of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography before, during, and after surgery for carotid
occlusive disease; NM Bornstein and AY Gur
Carotid plaque characterization using ultrasound; AN Nicolaides, M Griffin, S Kakkos, G Geroulakos, E Kyriacou, and N Georgiou
Cerebral perfusion imaging; W-J Jiang
Stent-assisted angioplasty for symptomatic atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis; W-J Jiang
Intracranial stenting for cerebrovascular pathology; EI Levy, AS Boulos, BR Bendok, SH Kim, AI Qureshi, LR Guterman, and LN Hopkins
The stroke unit; P Lylyk and JF Vila
Interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke: past, present, and future; CS Eddleman, ZA Hage, DL Surdell, EI Levy, RM Samuelson, YA Mikhaeil, and BR Bendok
Carotid angioplasty and stenting under protection: techniques, indications, results, and limitations; M Henry, A Polydorou, I Henry, Ad Polydorou, and M Hugel
Complications of internal carotid artery stenting and their management; DL Surdell, ZA Hage, CS Eddleman, S Das, E Duckworth, MK Eskandari, IA Awad, HH Batjer, and BR Bendok
Which patients should be referred for surgical endarterectomy and not have carotid stenting; FJ Criado and C Gallagher
Common carotid artery: PTA stenting; J Franke, G Robertson, and H Sievert
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the subclavian arteries; M Henry, I Henry, A Polydorou, Ad Polydorou, and M Hugel
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of extracranial vertebral artery stenosis; V Polydorou, I Henry, A Polydorou, M Henry, Ad Polydorou, J Stephanides, M Hugel, and S Anagnostopoulou
Elective endovascular revascularization of the intracranial cerebral arteries; HC Schumacher, PM Meyers, B Bateman, and RT Higashida
SECTION IV: UPPER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASES
Upper extremity arterial diseases; J Laredo and BB Lee
Compression syndromes of the superior thoracic aperture; JE Molina
SECTION V: THORACIC AORTA
Thoracic aorta: epidemiology and pathophysiology; EB Diethrich
Radiology and anatomy of the thoracic aorta; AR Owen, GH Roditi, and AW Reid
Thoracic aorta: thoracic aortic aneurysms; EB Diethrich
Thoracic aortic dissection; J May, GH White, and JP Harris
SECTION VI: ABDOMINAL AORTA
Abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment by endoluminal exclusion: a historical perspective; JC Parodi, CJ Schoenholz, and RR Heuser
Role of Doppler ultrasound in the assessment of peripheral vascular disease; K Irshad, M Ali, AW Reid, A Sinha, and DB Reid
Abdominal aortic dissections; OC Morcos, JC Pereda, and ML Marin
Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic occlusive disease; C Klonaris and A Katsargyris
SECTION VII: THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS
Thoracoabdominal aneurysms and dissections: current indications and management; JF Dowdall, Q Lu, and RK Greenberg
SECTION VIII: ATHEROSCLEROTIC RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS
Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: epidemiology and pathophysiology; KI Paraskevas, DP Mikhailidis, and G Hamilton
Radiological assessment of the renal arteries; A Al-Kutoubi
Endovascular treatment of a renal artery stenosis: techniques, indications, and result; M Henry, I Henry, A Polydorou, Ad Polydorou, and M Hugel
Renal angioplasty and stenting under protection devices; M Henry, I Henry, A Polydorou, Ad Polydorou, and M Hugel
Renal artery stenosis: when to refer to surgery?; C Klonaris, A Katsargyris, and A Giannopoulos
Non-atherosclerotic renovascular disease; JM Garasic and K Rosenfield
SECTION IX: CELIAC AND MESENTERIC ARTERIES
Etiology, natural history, and pathophysiology of mesenteric ischemia; JA Silva
Assessment of mesenteric ischemia; JA Silva
Conventional angiography, CTA, and MRA of the mesenteric arteries; Y-W Chi and JA Silva
Duplex ultrasound of the mesenteric arteries; Y-W Chi and JA Silva
Endovascular therapy for mesenteric ischemia; JA Silva
Mesenteric ischemia: surgical revascularization and indications for surgery; JA Silva and DE Allie
SECTION X: LOWER EXTREMITY
Epidemiology and pathophysiology of peripheral arterial disease of the lower extremities; C Klonaris, A Papapetrou, and A Giannopoulos
Lower extremity arterial disease assessment; KF Murphy, K Irshad, A Sinha, and DB Reid
Lower extremity: other techniques; ML Brennan and L Cho
Iliac occlusive diseases; DT Cragen and RR Heuser
Procedures for the hypogastric artery; J Cynamon and P Prabhaker
Femoropopliteal disease; E Calabrese and F Camerano
When to refer to surgery for femoropopliteal disease; N Morrissey
Infrapopliteal arterial diseases: angioplasty and stenting; E Calabrese
Critical limb ischemia; DE Allie, CJ Hebert, EV Mitran, CM Walker, and RR Patlola
Acute limb ischemia; DE Allie, CJ Hebert, EV Mitran, CM Walker, and RR Patlola
Endovascular treatment for infrainguinal failing graft; A de Carvalho Lobato and DF Colli Jr
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease); A Pokrovsky and AV Chupin
Percutaneous endovascular treatment of peripheral aneurysms; M Henry, I Henry, and M Hugel

SECTION XI: OTHER LOCALIZATIONS
Embolization in peripheral territory; CJ Schoenholz, E Mendaro, and K Ehrens
Uterine artery embolization for fibroids; J Pisco and M Duarte
Hemodialysis access intervention; E Calabrese and B Yasin
Endovascular surgery in treatment of some congenital heart defects; BG Alekyan, VP Podzolkov, VA Garibyan, MG Pursanov, KE Kardenas, and E Yu Danilov
Endovascular treatment of some congenital diseases: hemangiomas and vascular malformations; BB Lee, J Laredo, DH Deaton, and RF Neville
SECTION XII: UNUSUAL VASCULAR DISEASES OF THE EXTREMITIES
Endovascular management of Budd-Chiari syndrome - suprahepatic inferior vena cava
occlusive disease; BB Lee, J Laredo, DH Deaton, and RF Neville
Unusual vascular conditions of the extremities; DH Deaton, RF Neville, J Laredo, and BB Lee
Interventions in inflammatory arterial disease; S Rajagopal and L Gopalakrishnan
Vascular involvement in Behcet's disease; TW Kwon
SECTION XIII: MULTIVASCULAR DISEASE
Potential of endovascular surgery in the treatment of patients with ischemic heart disease
associated with other arterial pools' pathology; LB Bockeria, BG Alekyan, Yu I Buziashvili, EZ Golukhova, TG Niritina, NP Mironov, AV Ter-Akopyan, NV Zakarian, and AV Staferov
SECTION XIV: TREATMENTS FOR RESTENOSIS
Pathophysiology of restenosis; E Kedhi, J-F Tanguay, and L Bilodeau
Interventional therapy: new approaches; E Kedhi and L Bilodeau
Update on peripheral vascular brachytherapy; R Waksman
Gene-based and angiogenesis therapy in cardiovascular diseases; R Baffour, S Fuchs, and R Kornowski
SECTION XV: PTA/STENTING COMPLICATIONS
Complications of peripheral interventions; DT Cragen and RR Heuser
Contrast-induced nephropathy; G Marenzi and AL Bartorelli
SECTION XVI: PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS AND RISK FACTOR MANAGEMENT
Pharmacological treatment in peripheral arterial disease; GI Pandele and C Dima-Cozma
Risk factors in peripheral arterial disease; GI Pandele and C Dima-Cozma
SECTION XVII: VENOUS DISEASE
The anatomy, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of venous disease; JI Greenberg, N Angle, and J Bergan
Diagnostic evaluation of venous disease; B Abai and N Labropoulos
Contrast imaging studies of the lower extremity; GE Pineda and D Mukherjee
Interventional therapy for pulmonary embolism; S Faintuch, FB Collares, and GM Martinez Salazar
Superior and inferior vena cava thrombosis; J Pisco and M Duarte
Varicose veins; CK Shortell and J Bergan
Endovenous laser therapy for varicose veins; NN Khanna
Vena caval filters; NN Khanna
Foam treatment of varicose veins; JI Greenberg, N Angle, and J Bergan
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University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix AZ, USA Interventional Cardiologist France