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| Marc PassmanSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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Validation of Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS) with other venous severity assessment tools from the American Venous Forum, National Venous Screening ProgramMarc A Passman
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0012, USA
J Vasc Surg 54:2S-9S. 2011..The scope of this study is to assess the validity of Venous Clinical Severity Scoring (VCSS) and its integration with other venous assessment tools as a global venous screening instrument...- Mandated quality measures and economic implications of venous thromboembolism prevention and managementMarc A Passman
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Surg 199:S21-31. 2010..This article reviews the current status and future trends of quality care measures for VTE prevention and treatment and the potential economic implications of wider implementation of evidence-based guidelines... 
Impact on physician workload and revenue following the creation of a specialty vein clinic within an academic vascular practiceM A Passman
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Phlebology 22:164-70. 2007..To evaluate the impact of creating a new specialty vein clinic within an academic-based vascular practice on clinical volume, physician workload and financial parameters...- Transilluminated powered phlebectomy in the treatment of varicose veinsMarc Passman
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 0012, USA
Vascular 15:262-8. 2007..The following report reviews current instrumentation, operative technique, and reported outcomes for transilluminated powered phlebectomy... - Should simulator-based endovascular training be integrated into general surgery residency programs?Marc A Passman
Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BDB 503, 1808 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0012, USA
Am J Surg 194:212-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate general surgery resident perspectives on the value of a simulator-based endovascular training program by using various measurement tools... - Combined endovenous ablation and transilluminated powered phlebectomy: is less invasive better?Marc A Passman
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 41:41-7. 2007..While combined endovenous ablation-transilluminated phlebectomy offers some advantage of "less" invasiveness, this perceived benefit should be balanced against unchanged overall risk over traditional operative approaches... - Increasing awareness about venous disease: The American Venous Forum expands the National Venous Screening ProgramRobert B McLafferty
Division of Vascular Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Ill, USA
J Vasc Surg 48:394-9. 2008..To evaluate the results of the expanded National Venous Screening Program (NVSP) as administered by the American Venous Forum... - Skull base resection with cervical-to-petrous carotid artery bypass to facilitate repair of distal internal carotid artery lesionsJonathan L Eliason
Division of Vascular Surgery and the Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 22nd Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Cardiovasc Surg 10:31-7. 2002..2 months mean clinical follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Saphenous vein bypass from the cervical-to-petrous ICA is technically feasible and provides a valuable reconstruction option for patients with skull base ICA lesions... - Establishment of a varicose vein center in a tertiary vascular surgery practice: urban versus rural differencesSyed M Hussain
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9638, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 20:447-50. 2006..Clinical demand for evaluation and treatment of VVs showed little variation between R-VVC and U-VVC... - Expanding options for bedside placement of inferior vena cava filters with intravascular ultrasound when transabdominal duplex ultrasound imaging is inadequateJeffrey V Garrett
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2725, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 18:329-34. 2004..This may allow for expanded bedside IVC filter placement capabilities in patients with inadequate IVC visualization on transabdominal duplex ultrasound... - Carotid body tumor resection: does the need for vascular reconstruction worsen outcome?J Joshua Smith
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 20:435-9. 2006..Although cranial nerve dysfunction is more common when vascular repair is required, this is more likely related to locally advanced disease and tumor pathology rather than operative techniques... - Prospective implementation of an algorithm for bedside intravascular ultrasound-guided filter placement in critically ill patientsChristopher D Killingsworth
Division of General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala, USA
J Vasc Surg 51:1215-21. 2010..This study reviewed the effectiveness of a prospectively implemented algorithm for IVUS-guided IVC filter placement in this high-risk population... - Risk factors and angiographic technical considerations to guide carotid interventionMatthew A Corriere
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2735, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:52-7. 2008..Based on preoperative angiography, technically challenging factors, some of which limit the ability to perform CAS, are common and should be anticipated when planning CAS... - Duplex scan-directed placement of inferior vena cava filters: a five-year institutional experienceMichael S Conners
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2725, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:286-91. 2002..CONCLUSION: Our experience indicates that duplex ultrasound-directed IVC filter placement is safe, cost-effective, and convenient for patients who need IVC filter placement... 
Endoleak following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: implications for duration of screeningMatthew A Corriere
Division of Vascular Surgery and Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Surg 239:800-5; discussion 805-7. 2004..Reduction in screening frequency cannot be uniformly recommended at this time. Patients with documented aneurysm expansion should be monitored carefully and endoleak should be suspected...- Revascularization after segmental resection of lower extremity soft tissue sarcomasMuyibat A Adelani
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Surg Oncol 95:455-60. 2007..We also examine the effect of venous reconstruction on post-operative edema... - Early outcomes of thoracic endovascular stent-graft repair for acute complicated type B dissection using the Gore TAG endoprosthesisBenjamin J Pearce
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL 35294 0012, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:742-9. 2008.... - Should endovascular repair be used for small abdominal aortic aneurysms?Christopher J LeCroy
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0012, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 42:113-9; discussion 120-1. 2008..Endovascular repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with low perioperative morbidity and mortality compared with published results for open repair, and treatment threshold can be reduced to 4 cm in selected patients... - Mega-aneurysmal degeneration of a saphenous vein graft following infrainguinal bypass. A case reportMatthew A Corriere
Department of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 38:267-71. 2004..Because of the rarity of true infrainguinal vein graft aneurysms, their etiology remains unclear... - Neoaortic reconstruction for aortic graft infection: need for endovascular adjunctive therapies?JimBob Faulk
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 19:774-81. 2005..When graft problems occur, endovascular options are an attractive alternative to reoperative open aortic procedures, especially in the setting of a vastly altered surgical field... - Results of the national pilot screening program for venous disease by the American Venous ForumRobert B McLafferty
Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL 62794 0741, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:142-148. 2007..This report describes the pilot of a free comprehensive national screening program for venous disease...