ISSN 1677-7301


December 2007 - Volume 06 - Number 04

TABLE OF CONTENTS

editorial

The ups and downs in the treatment of carotid disease
Arno von Ristow

Current scientific publication
Alfredo Pereira Jr.

original articles

A new vascular substitute: femoral artery angioplasty in dogs using sugarcane biopolymer membrane patch – hemodynamic and histopathologic evaluation
Silvio Romero de Barros Marques, Esdras Marques Lins, José Lamartine de Andrade Aguiar, Maria Claudia Sodré Albuquerque, Renata de Oliveira Rossiter, Luciano Tavares Montenegro, Roberto José Vieira

Effects of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) in the genesis of blood capillaries in rat ischemic skeletal muscle: histological study
Dorival Moreschi Jr., Djalma José Fagundes, Luiz Eduardo Bersani Amado, Luzmarina Hernandes, Hugo Karling Moreschi

Nailfold video capillaroscopy in Turner syndrome: a descriptive study
Simone C. S. Coelho, Andressa D. Ramos, Virgínia S. Pinheiro, Paulo F. C. Solberg, Janaina P. de Faria, Erika C. O. Naliato, Therezinha J. Fernandes, Marília M. Guimarães

Correlation between ankle-brachial index before and after shuttle walk test
Inácio Teixeira da Cunha-Filho, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira, André Maurício Borges de Carvalho, Júlia Polcaro Garcia, Luciana Morais Mortimer, Inalda Cunha Burni

Retroperitoneal endoscopic lumbar sympathectomy
Wander Eduardo Sardinha, Jose Manoel da Silva Silvestre, Fernando Thomazinho, Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira, Domingos de Morais Filho

Evaluation of the use of prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis in a teaching hospital
Guilherme Benjamim Brandão Pitta, Ticiana Leal e Leite, Maria do Desterro Costa e Silva, Camilla Felix Leão de Melo, Giselli de Almeida Calheiros

Influence of shoe heel height on venous function in young women
Wagner Tedeschi Filho, Carlos Eli Piccinato, Takachi Moriya, Edwaldo E. Joviliano, Nei R. A. Dezotti

Variability of venous hemodynamics detected by air plethysmography in CEAP clinical classes
Ricardo de Ávila Oliveira, Newton de Barros Jr., Fausto Miranda Jr.

review articles

Critical analysis of indications and outcomes of surgical treatment for carotid disease
Telmo P. Bonamigo, Márcio L. Lucas

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in peripheral vascular surgery: is cephalosporin still the gold standard?
Eduardo Lichtenfels, Márcio L. Lucas, Ronaldo Webster, Pedro A. d’Azevedo

case reports

Extrinsic compression of the external iliac vein and lower limb edema caused by hip joint synovial cyst
Fabio Henrique Rossi, Raíssa Araújo, Evaristo Marcondes César

Case report: transhepatic insertion of long-term dialysis catheter
Felipe Nasser, Rodrigo Bruno Biagioni, Roberta Cristina Almeida Campos, Emanuella Galvão de Sales e Silva, Orlando Costa Barros, Marcelo Calil Burihan, José Carlos Ingrund, Adnan Neser

New technologies, new complications: complications after use of new arterial closure and thrombectomy devices
Marcelo Ferreira, Marcelo Monteiro, Giafar Abuhadba, Luiz Lanziotti, Luis Fernando Capotorto

Anomalous formation of the portal vein: a case report
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla, Bhagath Kumar Potu, Thejodhar Pulakunta, Venkata Ramana Vollala, Pavan Kumar Addala, Soubhagya Ranjan Nayak

letter to the editor

Reflections on the main epistemological currents regarding health sciences
Ricardo Costa-Val, Maria Cristina Marques


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