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Would you recommend percutaneous revascularization of an 80% tibio-peroneal trunk lesion in a 60 year old patient with intermittent claudication attributable to this stenosis?
Medical therapy and exercise program only unless there is threatened limb ischemia.
Treat with laser atherectomy.
Treat with cryoplasty.
Treat with plaque excision (e.g., Foxhollow)
Treat with a coronary drug-eluting stent.
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Case Studies by year
Selected cases have been chosen to offer insights into some of the complex issues that arise during interventional procedures. Each case listed below is presented with an audio-visual commentary. To view the cases, your computer must have the free Macromedia Flash plug-in installed. If you do not have the plug-in installed, you can download it here.

Year: 2006
TitleCategoryAuthor
Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery StentingCarotidPaul Huang, MD
Calcified Carotid StenosisCarotidPaul Huang, MD
Mid-LAD Trifurcation DiseaseComplex CoronaryPaul Huang, MD
NEW Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery StentingCarotidPaul Huang, MD
Popliteal Artery Thrombis Following IABPPeripheralPaul Huang, MD
Severely Calcified Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Artery StenosesPeripheralPaul Huang, MD
Tandom Lesions Spanning the Common and Internal Carotid ArteriesCarotidPaul Huang, MD
Unprotected Left Main Simultaneous Kissing StentsComplex CoronaryAmish Desai, MD

Year: 2005
TitleCategoryAuthor
Device Delivery in a Heavily Calcified and Angulated VesselPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Managing Severe Proximal Disease with DESComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Recanalization of Severe SFA OcclusionPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Severe Bilateral SFA DiseasePeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Subclavian Stenosis Discovered Post SurgeryPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD

Year: 2004
TitleCategoryAuthor
Bifurcation LesionComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Calcified Left Main StenosisComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Combined Atherectomy and Cryoplasty in the CFAPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Complex Carotid InterventionCarotidWilliam Gray, MD
Complex Instent RestenosisComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Complex SVG DiseaseComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Direct DES and Bifurcation ManagementComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Iliac Occlusion and the Pioneer (CrossPoint) CatheterPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Management of Ostial LAD DiseaseComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Managing CTO with Advanced DevicesComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Ostial Common Carotid Stent with Embolic ProtectionCarotidWilliam Gray, MD
Pressure Wire Guided TherapyComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
SFA Atherectomy: Instent Restenosis and De NovoPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD

Year: 2003
TitleCategoryAuthor
Calcified Complex LesionComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Clamp Injury After Carotid EndarterectomyCarotidLance Diehl, MD
Distal Aortic StenosisComplex CoronaryLance Diehl, MD
Long Total Iliac OcclusionPeripheralLance Diehl, MD
Patchulous Carotid Bulb with Tandem Recurrent StenosesCarotidLance Diehl, MD
Right Coronary ArteryComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Simultaneous Bifurcation StentingComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD

Year:
TitleCategoryAuthor
Complex Small Vessel DiseaseComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Coronary Carotid ConundrumCarotidWilliam Gray, MD
Diffuse In-Stent RestensisComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Long LesionsComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Management of Renal Artery In-Stent RestenosisPeripheralWilliam Gray, MD
Management of Total OcclusionsComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Optimal StentComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Ostial LADComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD
Ostial LAD with Circumflex DiseaseComplex CoronaryMark Reisman, MD