Linton Patch Angioplasty

Patch Angioplasty in Carotid Endarterectomy

There is much controversy in the literature regarding the precise role of patch angioplasty in carotid endarterectomy. Our report summarizes the theoretical and experimental considerations, including the hemodynamic effects and biologic behavior of the graft, associated with this technique. We present a detailed review of the literature regarding the clinical efficacy of patch angioplasty in ca...

Blowout of carotid venous patch angioplasty.

Two cases of vein patch blowout were observed five and seven days after carotid bifurcation endarterectomy with patch angioplasty. Both patients died in spite of emergency reoperation. One patient developed respiratory failure with subsequent fatal cardiac arrest seven days after reoperation; the other died of extensive hemispheric infarction on the fifth postoperative day. At reoperation both ...

Ralph Linton 1893-1953

Professor Ralph Linton, Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale since 1946 and one of the leading cultural anthropologists of this country, died on 24 December 1953 of a coronary attack. He had been a close friend and a great admirer of the chairman of his department, Wendell Bennett, who was so tragically drowned last September. The premature deaths of these two national leaders who were al...

Arthur Linton Corbin

jonathan linton, nicholas vonortas

Citation: Linton J., Vonortas N. (2015) From Research Project to Research Portfolio: Meeting Scale and Complexity. Foresight-Russia, vol. 9, no 2, pp. 38–43. DOI: 10.17323/1995-459x.2015.2.38.43 DOI: 10.17323/1995-459X.2015.2.38.43 Nicholas Vonortas — Professor, George Washington University, United States; São Paulo Excellence Chair, Department of Science and Technology Policy, State University...