Brochures

• For Referring Physicians
  Learn why you should refer your patients to Sarasota Vascular Specialists: The Artery Experts. (Read in PDF format)

 

Articles of Interest

• Risk-adjusted 30-day outcomes of carotid stenting
  and endarterectomy: Results from the SVS
  Vascular Registry
  Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) yields better short-term results than carotid artery stenting (CAS) in patients with carotid artery disease, according to a 30-day outcomes report from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Registry for Carotid Procedures, published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. (Read more...)
  

• Sodium Bicarbonate vs Sodium Chloride for the Prevention of Contrast Medium–Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography
  This is now another manuscript demonstrating that there is no magic bullet to prevent renal failure following contrast injection. It appears that it’s not the type of fluid hydration but simply hydration that works. (Read more...)
  

• One-Year Cardiovascular Event Rates in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis
  This manuscript confirms that PAD is such a major predictor of future cardiovascular, peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular events that every effort should be made to identify it even in asymptomatic patients. (Read more...)
  

• Femoral vs Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Nosocomial Events in Adults Requiring Acute Renal Replacement Therapy
  This manuscript demonstrates that for ICU patients requiring acute dialysis, femoral catheters do not carry the high risk of infection nor DVT that we have currently been led to believe. However, the concluding paragraph of the manuscript probably summarizes the clinical implications appropriately. (Read more...)

• Effect of Clopidogrel on Early Failure of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis
  This manuscript bears close reading. At first glance it would appear that Plavix® would be beneficial in that the thrombosis rate with Plavix was reduced from 19.5% to 12.2%. (Read more...)

• NEJM April 2008 Sapphire 3 Year Data
  This is an updated look at the long-term results of the original SAPPHIRE study that reported equipoise between carotid stenting (CAS) and carotid surgery (CEA). (Read more...)
  

 

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