**Meet the editor**

Dr. Dai Yamanouchi is an Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA. He finished vascular fellowship in Japan and also an advanced endovascular fellowship in the USA. He is board certified by the Japanese Board of Surgery and is a board certified Fellow of the Japanese College of Angiology. His expertise includes

treatments for aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, aortic dissection, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular disorders. His research interests include the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm and restenosis after angioplasty, including balloon angioplasty and stenting. He is also devoted to the development of novel materials for vascular bypass graft and gene delivery methods to treat patients who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Chapter 2 **Carotid Graft Replacement** 

**Section 2 Perioperative Care 29** 

Chapter 1 **Simultaneous Hybrid Revascularization by Carotid Stenting** 

Luigi Chiariello, Paolo Nardi and Francesco Versaci

Igor Koncar, Nikola Ilic, Marko Dragas, Igor Banzic, Miroslav Markovic, Dusan Kostic and Lazar Davidovic

**in Peripheral Arterial Obstructive Disease 55**  H.J.P. Fokkenrood, G.J. Lauret, M.R.M. Scheltinga, H.J.M. Hendriks, R.A. de Bie and J.A.W. Teijink

Charles P.E. Milne, Regent Lee and Ashok I. Handa

**of the Stenotic Carotid Artery 11** 

Chapter 3 **Current Management of Vascular Infections 31**  Kiriakos Ktenidis and Argyrios Giannopoulos

**Section 3 Peripheral Artery Disease and Varicose Vein 53** 

Chapter 4 **The Role of Supervised Exercise Therapy** 

Chapter 5 **Day Case Management of Varicose Veins 73**  Jesus Barandiaran, Thomas Hall, Naif El-Barghouti and Eugene Perry

Chapter 6 **Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysms 91** 

**and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting – The SHARP Study 3** 

**Section 1 Carotid Surgery 1** 

## Contents

#### **Preface XI**


Preface

numerous supports and advices.

Vascular surgery is one of the specialties of surgery focusing on the vascular system of the body, i.e. arteries and veins. The unique feature of this specialty is, unlike other surgical specialty, that vascular surgeons routinely perform not only the conventional open surgery but also the diagnostic and interventional endovascular procedures. For that reason, the field of vascular surgery has evolved rapidly since the introduction of the endovascular aneurysms repair (EVAR) as well as the numerous techniques and devices of endovascular procedures for peripheral artery disease and varicose veins. This book aims to provide a brief overview of conventional open vascular surgery, endovascular surgery and pre- and post-operative management of vascular patients.

The collections of contributions from outstanding vascular surgeons and scientists from around the world present detailed and precious information about the important topics of the current vascular surgery practice and research. This book covers a wide variety of issues and topics of the vascular surgery. I would like to acknowledge the authors around the world for their excellent contributions to this book. I also would like to express my special thanks to the managing editor of INTECH for providing me

I hope this book will be used worldwide by young vascular surgeons and medical students enhancing their knowledge and stimulating the advancement of this field.

**Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD**

USA

Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
