The St. Antonius Hospital Utrecht/Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, and Philips have announced an important breakthrough in the image-guided treatment of vascular patients. Using an innovative X-ray technology developed by Philips, the hospital’s interventional radiologists were able to dramatically reduce the amount of Xray radiation that patients are exposed to during image-guided endovascular pro...

A well-known vascular surgeon practices at a state university hospital that serves a mixture of insured and indigent patients. He trained before endovascular techniques were available and chose to continue with open techniques exclusively. Further, he has a statewide reputation of accepting difficult cases unsuitable for endovascular therapy. Other vascular surgeons refer complicated Medicaid p...