Arterial Surgery: Management of Challenging Problem

Contributors
Dedication - Michael E. DeBakey, MD
1 Pathogenesis of Restenosis 3
2 Pharmacologic Management of Intimal Hyperplasia 15
3 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Plan for Immediate and Late
Reoperation after Carotid Endarectomy 41
4 Staged or Combined Procedures in Patients with Coexisting
Aortoiliac and Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease 49
5 Timing of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Acute
Ischemic Attacks, Crescendo Transient Ischemic Attacks, or
Coexisting Coronary Artery Disease 65
6 Management of the Infected Aortic Graft: Staged or Single
Surgical Procedures 75
7 High Cervical Internal Carotid Artery Exposure 85
8 Revascularization for Extensive Extracranial Occlusions 95
9 Optimal Exposure and Technique for Vertebral Artery Operations
103
10 Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistulae 111
11 Management of Spontaneous Dissection and Fibromuscular
Dysplasia of the Carotid Artery 127
12 Brachiocephalic Arterial Reconstruction 141
13 Transperitoneal Medial Visceral Rotation 165
14 Surgical Techniques in the Repair of Inflammatory Aneurysms
173
15 Management of Special Problems Associated with Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm 177
16 Replacement of Infected Aortic Prostheses with Lower
Extremity Deep Veins: Definitive Treatment 187
17 Aortocaval Fistula 201
18 Aortoenteric Fistula 209
19 Surgical Technique, Preoperative and Intraoperative
Management of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm 223
20 Endoluminal Repair of Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 237
21 Management of Peripheral Artery Complications in Patients
with Aortic Dissection 247
22 Para-Anastomotic Aneurysms of the Aorta: Diagnosis and
Management 265
23 Mycotic Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms 273
24 Endovascular Techniques for Treatment of Complications of
Aortic Dissection 283
25 Infected Pseudoaneurysm of the Femoral Artery 293
26 Endovascular Grafts for the Treatment of Vascular Pathology
299
27 Wound Complications of the In Situ Saphenous Vein Technique
321
28 Aneurysms of the Gluteal and Persistent Sciatic Arteries 327
29 Leg Inflow for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease: Is Axillofemoral
Bypass as Good as Aortofemoral Bypass? 335
30 Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Renal Arteries 349
31 Combined Aortic and Renal Artery Surgery 363
32 Surgical Treatment of Aneurysms of the Renal Artery and Its
Branches 379
33 Reoperative Surgery for Renal Artery Stenosis 391
34 Surgical Treatment of Acute and Chronic Renal Artery
Occlusion 401
35 Management of Patients with Advanced Hypertension and Renal
Failure 407
36 Visceral Artery Aneurysms 417
37 Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis 433
38 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia 443
39 Brachiocephalic Artery Injury 459
40 Popliteal and Infrapopliteal Arterial Trauma 479
41 Trauma to the Aorta and Its Major Branches 499
42 The Widened Mediastinum 513
43 Arterial Lesions Associated with Radiation Therapy 523
44 Vascular Malformations: Effective Treatment with Absolute
Ethanol 533
45 Management of Axillofemoral Graft Failure 551
Index 559