Current Outcomes of Blunt Vertebral Artery Injuries.

Background: There is no consensus on the treatment of blunt vertebral artery injuries, and studies are limited to small case series. We assessed the natural history and current management of these injuries.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of a prospectively collected registry at a level I trauma center over a 5-year period.

Validation of subclavian duplex velocity criteria to grade severity of subclavian artery stenosis.

Background: Validation of subclavian duplex ultrasound velocity criteria (SDUS VC) to grade the severity of subclavian artery stenosis has not been established or systematically studied. Currently, there is a paucity of published literature and lack of practitioner consensus for how subclavian duplex velocity findings should be interpreted in patients with subclavian artery stenosis.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to validate SDUS measurements using subclavian conventional or computed tomography angiogram (subclavian angiogram [SA])-derived measurements.

A comparison of open and endovascular treatment strategies for the management of splenic artery aneurysms.

Splenic artery aneurysms are rare with an incidence of less than 0.8%. Evidence to support an endovascular management strategy over open surgical repair for SAA is limited.

Endovascular treatment of a thrombosed intracardiac vena cava filter.

Intracardiac migration of a vena cava filter (VCF) is a rare but potentially fatal complication. We describe a unique case of intracardiac migration of a permanent VCF with extensive thrombus propagating into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Percutaneous thrombectomy with the AngioVac (AngioDynamics, Latham, NY) device was performed, and the permanent VCF was percutaneously removed.