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Category Archives: Vascular disease

Medtronic’s Securant > Lombard Medical > U.S. clinical trial for its EndoRefix endostapling device > New Stent Graft Fixation Device > Stent Stapler Closer to Launch

What are the limited European launch results that followed on the conclusion of a 10-patient clinical study? Is the clinical utility of EndoRefix to serve as an adjunctive procedure to endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms stent-graft repair? Will Medtronic improve the proximal fixation of the Aneurx stent-graft with the technology?

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Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Medicare Population > The largest study to date with 45,000 Medicare recipients > Search is on for new treatment options > Endovascular endoluminal repair limited and complex > Less invasive and permanent way to repair AAA might be hybrid > Endo Vascular Laparoscopic Surgery EVLS

How does the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore PC evaluate the continued failure rates of stent-graft repair? Why do most practitioners feel that choosing between endovascular repair with endoleaks or EVAR graft migration and open surgical repair is a toss up considering the complexity of EVAR? Is it time for a combination […]

Evaluation of Endosuturing During Aortic Stent Graft Placement > EndoRefix > Repositionable Nitinol Fixation Stapler > In-vivo Analysis and Preclinical Results > Frank R Arko > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > Aorfix Dacron Stent-graft > Lombard Medical

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Background: Stent graft migration following endovascular aneurysm repair has been reported with all currently available devices and can result in type I endoleaks and aneurysm rupture. Standard surgical anastamosis with suturing through the adventia requires a significantly greater force to disrupt compared to any current proximal endovascular device fixation. The […]

Arterial disease in women will become a major issue in the near future

Why is vascular disease either underdiagnosed or undertreated in women? Are clinical and physiologic patterns different in women vs men? Why is the current design of biomedical devices creating challenges in endovascular procedures performed in women?

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Though arterial vascular disease is widespread and often deadly among older American women, doctors too […]