EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS

Evaluation of the Crux IVC Filter in an Animal Model

Erin H. Murphy, MD; Rodney A. White, MD; David Rosenthal, MD; Eric D. Johnson, BS, MS; Christopher K. Zarins, MD; Thomas J. Fogarty, MD; and Frank R. Arko, MD   Dallas, Texas; Torrance, Menlo Park, and Stanford, California; Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Modeling of Antegrade and Retrograde Flow Into a Branch Artery of the Aorta: Implications for Endovascular Stent-Grafting and Extra-Anatomical Visceral Bypass

Ilija D. Šutalo, PhD; Michael M.D. Lawrence-Brown, FRACS; Shakil Ahmed, PhD; Kurt Liffman, PhD; and James B. Semmens, PhD    Highett and Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Perth, Western Australia

VASCULAR ACCESS

Arterial Puncture Closure Using a Clip Device After Transpopliteal Retrograde Approach for Recanalization of the Superficial Femoral Artery

Elias Noory, MD; Aljoscha Rastan, MD; Sebastian Sixt, MD; Uwe Schwarzwälder, MD; Olli Leppännen, MD; Thomas Schwarz, MD; Karlheinz Bürgelin, MD; Michael Hauk, MD; Daniela Branzan, MD; Kirsten Hauswald, MD; Ulrich Beschorner, MD; Taher Nazary, MD; Regina Brantner, MD; Franz-Josef Neumann, MD; and Thomas Zeller, MD    Bad Krozingen, Germany

Comparison of Arterial Closure Devices in Antegrade and Retrograde Punctures

Albert Ho Yuen Chiu, MBBS; Ross Vander Wal, MBBS; Kenneth Tee, MBBS; Roslyn Knight, BSc; Simon Richard Coles, FRCR; and Sanjay Nadkarni, FRANZCR, FRCR, MRCP, DA    Perth, Australia

Improved Hybrid Technique for Vascular Access and Closure

Dieter Mayer, MD; Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD; Markus Wilhelm, MD; Michele Genoni, MD; Frank J. Veith, MD; and Mario Lachat, MD    Zurich, Switzerland; Cleveland, Ohio, USA

ISES ENDOVASCULAR FELLOWS RESEARCH AWARDS

First Place: Proximal Fixation of Thoracic Stent-Grafts as a Function of Oversizing and Increasing Aortic Arch Angulation in Human Cadaveric Aortas

Ludovic Canaud, MD; Pierre Alric, MD, PhD; Martrille Laurent, MD; Thierry-Pascal Baum, MD; Pascal  Branchereau, MD; Charles Henri Marty-Ané, MD, PhD; and Jean-Phillipe Berthet, MD   Montpellier, France

Second Place: Lateral Movement of Endografts Within the Aneurysm Sac Is an Indicator of Stent-Graft Instability

Benjamin Y. Rafii, BS; Oscar J. Abilez, MD; Peyman Benharash, MD; and Christopher K. Zarins, MD Stanford, California, USA

Third Place: Fenestrated Stent-Graft Repair: Which Stent Should Be Used to Secure Target Vessel Fenestrations?

James R.H. Scurr, MRCS; Thien V. How, PhD; Richard G. McWilliams, FRCS, FRCR; Steven Lane, PhD; and Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, MS, FRCS    Liverpool, UK

Honorable Mention: Evaluation of Wall Motion and Dynamic Geometry of the Inferior Vena Cava Using Intravascular Ultrasound: Implications for Future Device Design

Erin H. Murphy, MD; Eric D. Johnson, BS, MS; and Frank R. Arko, MD    Dallas, Texas, USA

Honorable Mention: Spinal Arterial Anatomy and Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Weakness Following Endovascular Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair With Branched Stent-Grafts

Catherine K. Chang, MD; Timothy A.M. Chuter, MD; Linda M. Reilly, MD; Maile K. Ota, RN; Andre Furtado, MD; Monica Bucci, MD; Max Wintermark, MD; and Jade S. Hiramoto, MD    San Francisco, California, USA

Honorable Mention: What’s Next After Optimal Infrapopliteal Angioplasty? Clinical and Ultrasonographic Results of a Prospective Single-Center Study

Tanja Ceccacci, MD; Filippo Maioli, MD; Mauro Gargiulo, MD; Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate, PhD; Gianluca Faggioli, MD; Antonio Freyrie, MD; Federica Giovanetti, MD; Gabriele Testi, MD; Natascia Muccini, MD; and Andrea Stella, MD    Bologna, Italy

BRIEF REPORTS

Arterial Occlusion Using a Microguidewire as a Radiofrequency Electrode

Byung Kook Kwak, MD, and Hyung Jin Shim, MD    Seoul, Korea

Fracture of a Covered Stent Used for Pseudoaneurysm Exclusion in a Prosthetic Femoro-Infrapopliteal Bypass

Mark J.W. Koelemay, MD, PhD, and Tammo H. Pels Rijcken, MD    Amsterdam and Hilversum, The Netherlands

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

Midterm Results of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implanted for Recurrent Carotid In-Stent Restenosis

Jorge H. Leguizamón, MD; Fabian Azzari, MD; Gustavo Schipani, MD; Hernán Bertoni, MD; Dionisio Chambre, MD; Alejandro Fernandez, MD; and Gustavo Andersen, MD    Buenos Aires, Argentina

Temporary Cardiac Pacing in Carotid Stenting

Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT, and Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT   Maywood, IL, and Charleston, West Virginia, USA