Carotid revascularization in the presence of contralateral carotid artery occlusion is safe and durable.

Objective: Complete occlusion of the contralateral carotid artery has been thought to increase the risk of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). This study was conducted to determine whether contralateral occlusion (CO) leads to a higher rate of complications among patients undergoing CEA or alters long-term outcomes.

Methods: All CEAs (N = 221) performed at our institution between September 1997 and June 2002 were reviewed.

Rapidly enlarging iliac aneurysm secondary to listeria monocytogenes infection: a case report.

Infected aneurysms caused by Listeria monocytogenes are rare. Worldwide, 16 cases have been reported, none in the iliac system. The authors report the case of an 80-year-old man being followed for small aortic and right common iliac artery (RCIA) aneurysms who presented with progressive gastrointestinal symptoms.

Graft patency is not the only clinical predictor of success after exclusion and bypass of popliteal artery aneurysms.

Purpose: The traditional measure of success after exclusion and bypass of popliteal artery aneurysm (PAA) is graft patency. In addition to fate of the bypass, we hypothesize that late outcome after surgical treatment of PAA is influenced by completeness of exclusion.

Methods: Thirty patients who underwent 41 reconstructions for PAA over a 10-year period were reviewed.

Luminal thrombus disrupts nitric oxide-dependent endothelial physiology.

Background: The goals of this study were: (1) to develop a large animal model to study endothelial function, and (2) to determine if arterial thrombosis induces endothelial dysfunction in vivo.

Methods: Surgical exposure of the porcine iliac and femoral arteries was performed. Normal porcine arteries were compared with arteries subjected to 90 min of arterial thrombosis.

Extracranial cerebrovascular revascularization for chronic ocular ischemia.

We investigated the demographics, presentation, and outcome of patients undergoing cerebrovascular reconstruction for chronic ocular ischemia (COI) at a single institution through a review of 17 patients over a 9-year period. A total of 558 extracranial cerebrovascular reconstructions were performed during the period of study. Seventeen patients (3%) suffered symptoms of COI.