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CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES

3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors reduce the riskof perioperative stroke and mortality after carotid endarterectomy

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Matthew J. McGirt, MD, Bruce A. Perler, MD, Benjamin S. Brooke, MD, Graeme F.Woodworth, BS, Alexander Coon, MD, Shamik Jain, BS, Donald Buck, BS, Glen S.Roseborough, MD, Rafael J. Tamargo, MD, Jennifer Heller, MD, Julie A. Freischlag, MD,and George M. Williams, MD, Baltimore, Md

836Invited commentary: Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD

Surgical vs medical treatment for isolated internal carotid artery elongationwith coiling or kinking in symptomatic patients: A prospective randomizedclinical study

838

Enzo Ballotta, MD, Gaetano Thiene, MD, Claudio Baracchini, MD, Mario Ermani, MD,Carmelo Militello, MD, Giuseppe Da Giau, MD, Bruno Barbon, MD, and AnnalisaAngelini, MD, Padova, Italy

846Invited commentary: Joseph P. Archie, MD

Cerebral microembolization after protected carotid artery stenting in surgicalhigh-risk patients: Results of a 2-year prospective study

847

Frank D. Hammer, MD, Valerie Lacroix, MD, Thierry Duprez, MD, Cecile Grandin, PhD,Robert Verhelst, MD, Andre Peeters, MD, and Guy Cosnard, PhD, Brussels, Belgium

853Invited commentary: Mark C. Myers, Richard J. Powell, MD

Endovascular management of spontaneous carotid artery dissection 854Randall C. Edgell, MD, Alex Abou-Chebl, MD, and Jay S. Yadav, MD, Cleveland, Ohio

860Invited commentary: William C. Mackey, MD, Boston, Mass

A preliminary clinical scale to predict the risk of in-hospital death aftercarotid endarterectomy

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Susanna L. Matsen, MD, Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA, and David C. Chang, PhD, MPH,MBA, Baltimore, Md

869Invited commentary: R. James Valentine, MD, Dallas, Tex

Journal of

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Primary closure of the carotid artery is associated with poorer outcomesduring carotid endarterectomy

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Caron B. Rockman, MD, Ethan A. Halm, MD, Jason J. Wang, PhD, Mark R. Chassin, MD,Stanley Tuhrim, MD, Patricia Formisano, MPH, and Thomas S. Riles, MD, New York, NY

The safety of carotid endarterectomy in diabetic patients: clinical predictorsof adverse outcome

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Caron B. Rockman, MD, Stephanie S. Saltzberg, MD, Thomas S. Maldonado, MD, MarkA. Adelman, MD, Neal S. Cayne, MD, Patrick J. Lamparello, MD, and Thomas S. Riles,MD, New York, NY

Risk factors and prevalence of perioperative cognitive dysfunction inabdominal aneurysm patients

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Archie G. Benoit, MD, Barry I. Campbell, MD, John R. Tanner, MD, J. Doug Staley, MA,Hal R. Wallbridge, PhD, Diane R. Biehl, MD, Barry D Bradley, MD, George Louridas,MB, Bch, MMed(Surg), Randy P. Guzman, MD, and Rebecca A. Fromm, RNBN,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The lifetime prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms among siblings ofaneurysm patients is eightfold higher than among siblings of spouses: Ananalysis of 187 aneurysm families in Nova Scotia, Canada

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Toru Ogata, MD, Gerald L. MacKean, MD, C. William Cole, MD, Claudette Arthur, BN,MBA, Pantelis Andreou, PhD, Gerard Tromp, PhD, and Helena Kuivaniemi, MD, PhD,Detroit, Mich; and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

A personal experience with factors influencing survival after elective openrepair of infrarenal aortic aneurysms

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Norman R. Hertzer, MD and Edward J. Mascha, PhD, Cleveland, Ohio

Total laparoscopic versus conventional abdominal aortic aneurysm repair:A case-control study

906

Marc Coggia, MD, Isabelle Javerliat, MD, Isabelle Di Centa, MD, Pascal Alfonsi, MD,Giovanni Colacchio, MD, Michel Kitzis, MD, and Olivier Goëau-Brissonnière, MD, PhD,Boulogne-Billancourt, France; and Viterbo, Italy

911Invited commentary: Ralf R. Kolvenbach, MD, PhD, Duesseldorf, Germany

Follow-up costs increase the cost disparity between endovascular and openabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

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Catherine L. Hayter, MBBS, Stephen R. Bradshaw, FRACS, Robert J. Allen, FRANZCR,Murali Guduguntla, FRANZCR, and David T. A. Hardman, FRACS, Canberra, Australia

Detection of aortic graft infection by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emissiontomography: Comparison with computed tomographic findings

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Kazuki Fukuchi, MD, Yoshio Ishida, MD, Masahiro Higashi, MD, Tomohiro Tsunekawa,MD, Hitoshi Ogino, MD, Kenji Minatoya, MD, Keisuke Kiso, MD, and Hiroaki Naito,MD, Osaka, Japan

Age-related increase in wall stress of the human abdominal aorta: An in vivostudy

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Håkan Åstrand, MD, Åsa Rydén-Ahlgren, MD, PhD, Tomas Sandgren, MD, PhD, andToste Länne, MD, PhD, Jönköping, Malmö, Helsingborg, and Linköping, Sweden

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Contemporary results of angioplasty-based infrainguinal percutaneousinterventions

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James H. Black, III, MD, Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD, Christopher J. Kwolek, MD, DavidC. Brewster, MD, Michael T. Watkins, MD, and Richard P. Cambria, MD, Boston, Mass

Intermittent pneumatic compression of the foot and calf improves theoutcome of catheter-directed thrombolysis using low-dose urokinase inpatients with acute proximal venous thrombosis of the leg

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Tomohiro Ogawa, MD, PhD, Shunichi Hoshino, MD, PhD, Hirofumi Midorikawa, MD,PhD, and Kouichi Sato, MD, PhD, Fukushima, Japan

Keyhole technique for autologous brachiobasilic transposition arteriovenousfistula

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Bradley B. Hill, MD, A. K. Chan, MD, R. M. Faruqi, MD, F. R. Arko, MD, C. K. Zarins,MD, and T. J. Fogarty, MD, Stanford, Santa Clara, and Walnut Creek, Calif

Outcome after autogenous brachial-basilic upper arm transpositions in thepost-National Kidney Foundation Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative era

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Heather Y. Wolford, MD, Jeffrey Hsu, MD, Jeffrey M. Rhodes, MD, Cynthia K. Shortell,MD, Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD, Arvind Bakhru, BS, MPH, and Karl A. Illig, MD,Rochester, NY

Improvement in the visualization of superficial arm veins being evaluated foraccess and bypass

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Paul S. van Bemmelen, MD, PhD, Patrick Kelly, BS, RVT, and John Blebea, MD,Philadelphia, Penn

BASIC RESEARCH STUDIES

From the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society

Noninvasive measurement of aortic aneurysm sac tension with vibrometry 963Geza Mozes, MD, PhD, Randall R. Kinnick, Peter Gloviczki, MD, Russell E. Bruhnke,Michele Carmo, MD, Tanya L. Hoskin, MS, Kevin E. Bennet, and James F. Greenleaf,PhD, Rochester, Minn

Human factors as a source of error in peak Doppler velocity measurement 972Elaine Y. L. Lui, MSc, Aaron H. Steinman, PhD, Richard S. C. Cobbold, PhD, and K.Wayne Johnston, MD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rapamycin-coated expanded polytetrafluoroethylene bypass grafts exhibitdecreased anastomotic neointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model

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Catherine Cagiannos, MD, Omran R. Abul-Khoudoud, MD, Waldemar DeRijk, PhD,Daniel H. Shell IV, MD, Lisa K. Jennings, PhD, Elizabeth A. Tolley, PhD, Charles R.Handorf, MD, PhD, and Timothy C. Fabian, MD, Memphis, Tenn

CASE REPORTS

Preservation of infected and exposed vascular grafts using vacuum assistedclosure without muscle flap coverage

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Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, Dennis K. Schimpf, MD, Raymond Schultz, MD, and GregoryS. Cherr, MD, RVT, Buffalo, NY

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Surgical management of acute carotid thrombosis after carotid stenting: Areport of three cases

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Carlo Setacci, MD, Gianmarco de Donato, MD, Francesco Setacci, MD, Emiliano Chisci,MD, Alessandro Cappelli, MD, Massimo Pieraccini, MD, Fausto Castriota, MD, andAlberto Cremonesi, MD, Siena, Italy

Repair of juxtarenal para-anastomotic aortic aneurysms after previous openrepair with fenestrated and branched endovascular stent grafts

997

Donald J. Adam, MD, FRCSEd, Michael Berce, FRACS, David E. Hartley, FIR,FRANZCR (Hon), and John L. Anderson, FACS, FRACS, Birmingham, United Kingdom;Adelaide and Ashford, South Australia; and Perth, Western Australia

Detection of endograft fractures with multidetector row computedtomography

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Justus E. Roos, MD, Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD, Richard Hallet, MD, Dominik Fleischmann,MD, Christopher K. Zarins, MD, and Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, Stanford, Calif

Endovascular repair of an actively hemorrhaging gunshot injury to theabdominal aorta

1007

Michael W. Yeh, MD, Jan K. Horn, MD, William P. Schecter, MD, Timothy A. M. Chuter,MD, and John S. Lane, MD, San Francisco, Calif

Successful treatment of a tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis eroding thethoracoabdominal aorta: A case report

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Juergen Falkensammer, MD, Hannes Behensky, MD, Hannes Gruber, MD, Wolfgang M.Prodinger, MD, and Gustav Fraedrich, MD, Innsbruck, Austria

Arterial thrombosis associated with heterozygous factor V Leiden disorder,hyperhomocysteinemia, and peripheral arterial disease: Importance ofsynergistic factors

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Cameron Page, BS, Lee E. Rubin, MD, Richard J. Gusberg, MD, and Alan Dardik, MD,PhD, West Haven and New Haven, Conn

Giant cell arteritis manifesting as mesenteric ischemia 1019David Clay Evans, BS, Michael P. Murphy, MD, and Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD,Durham, NC

Lemierre’s syndrome: A potentially fatal complication that may requirevascular surgical intervention

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Kirk Charles, MD, William R. Flinn, MD, and David G. Neschis, MD, Baltimore, Md

VASCULAR IMAGES

Chronic mesenteric ischemia: treatment of recurrent disease 1026Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, Anton N. Sidawy, MD, Jonathan M. Weiswasser, MD,Paul W. White, MD, Gilbert Aidinian, MD, and Subodh Arora, MD, Washington, DC

TECHNICAL NOTES

Bedside placement of inferior vena cava filters by using transabdominalduplex ultrasonography and intravascular ultrasound imaging

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Marc A. Passman, MD, Jeffery B. Dattilo, MD, Raul J. Guzman, MD, and Thomas C.Naslund, MD, Nashville, Tenn

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SURGICAL ETHICS CHALLENGES

The ethics of operating on a family member 1033James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA, Laurence B. McCullough, PhD, and Bruce W.Richman, MA, Houston, Tex

ABSTRACTS 1036

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Regarding “Cutting balloon angioplasty of renal fibromuscular dysplasia: Aword of caution”

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Tommaso Lupattelli, MD, Giovanni Nano, MD, and Luigi Inglese, MD

Reply 1040Masayuki Tanemoto, MD, PhD and Sadayoshi Ito, MD, PhD

Regarding “Endovascular treatment of popliteal artery aneurysms: Results ofa prospective cohort study”

1041

José A. Diaz, MD and Alberto Tamashiro, MD

Reply 1042I. F. J. Tielliu, MD, C. J. Zeebregts, MD, PhD, E. L. G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD, and J. J. A.M. van den Dungen, MD, PhD

Regarding “Axillobifemoral bypass and aortic embolization for the treatmentof two patients with ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysms”: Completethrombosis of aneurysm prevents rupture?

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Hisato Takagi, MD, PhD, Yukihiro Matsuno, MD, PhD, and Takuya Umemoto, MD, PhD

Reply1043

David Coleman, MD

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BOOK REVIEWS

Vascular Diagnosis 1044George H. Meier, MD, FACS RVT

Hypertension 1044J. Gregory Modrall, MD

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