Anesthesiologists may have greater influence in reducing the morbidity and costs of vascular surgery than in any other surgical procedure (Smaka TJ, Miller TE, Hutchens MP, Schenning K, Fleisher LA, Gan TJ, Lubarsky DAL. Anesthesia for vascular surgery. In: Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK, Cahalan MK, Ortega R, Stock MC, eds. Clinical Anesthesia. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:11121143).