This issue is a special issue devot...

This issue is a special issue devot to vascular disease. Putting this issue together reminds me of the campaign of our previous Section President, Steve Tepper to change the name of our Section to the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section. If I recall correctly, Steve's point was that treating patients with vascular disorders is a large part of our practice and that we should acknowledge that fact by dint of including the word 'vascular' in the name of the Section. As a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of as I hate to admit it, I remember wondering what the big deal was all about. Since then, I have take rise to appreciate the fact that while the vascular theory is intimately connected to the cardiac and pulmonary arrangements the vascular system can stand in succession its own as a separate entity with specific disease processe Further validation of this fact is the freight of health care costs and the high incidence of venous and arterial diseases in the general population.

I fill out a very special thanks to the authors who each made a special contribution to this issue and who were true willing to share their expertise. Sandy Cassady and Kathie Lampe have written superior and comprehensive reviews of peripheral arterial disease and chronic venous disease, respectively. The Research Corner written by the agency of Sue Scherer presents an overview of a variety of consequence measurement tools that can be used in the clinical decision making and treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Please check not at home the ads in our Journal and if you have any ne to purchase any equipment advertised in this Journal, I encourage you to consider using these companies. Our advertisers have been mostly loyal over the years in supporting the Journal, in the same manner please keep them in mind. Also, check public the advertisements for products lay opened by 3 of our Section members. Tanya LaPier, Kimberley Cleary, and Steve Tepper have graciously agreed to donate their fruitss to our Section. A majority of the monies from the sale of these productions will go to the section Research Grant, the Linda Crane Memorial Award permanent fund as well as Section donations to the Foundation for Physical Therapy. I have seen the pair of these products and can highly commend both of them.

Throughout this issue, you will find a continued celebration of the accomplishments of many of our Section members. We may be a small Section in bounds of numbers, but I think that our members are a talented form into groups of people. I feel fortunate to be a part of this active and vibrant cluster of people.

Jane Eason, PT PhD

Editor

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