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Silent killer on the rise > Adults need to know > Older adults may be at risk > Abdominal aortic aneurysms AAA > Ultrasound scan of the aorta can reveal AAA > Risk factors include being a male > Over the age of 60 > Having high blood pressure > History of smoking

Monday, September 15, 2008

Are aneurysms increasing in incidence and becoming more common? Is the danger of not knowing you have an aneurysm that as the vessel weakens and continues to enlarge, it can burst or rupture and cause internal bleeding? Will we be seeing more of them, now that Medicare has approved funding for screening of these aneurysms?

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Stent-graft > EVAR > New findings on abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA > Mortality > Endovascular technology > Hospital volume > Proportion of AAA repaired with EVAR > Increased from 27% to 39%

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Did the introduction of endovascular (EVAR) technology change the relationship of hospital volume to mortality with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair?Are higher-volume hospitals are more likely to use the endovascular approach? Is the greater use of the endovascular procedure at high-volume hospitals accounting for the difference in mortality between high-and low-volume hospitals?

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Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair > Under severe regulatory body scrutiny > Cost effectiveness as a function of cost and clinical benefit > National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE > Unfit for open repair and not high risk > Endovascular Aneurysm Repair EVAR Trials > Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management DREAM > Open Versus Endovascular Repair OVER trial > Multi-center experience > Cook > Medtronic > Gore

Friday, July 11, 2008

Are there two populations of patients considered for EVAR, those fit for open repair and those unfit? Is there ever more evidence that the fitness of the patient is of crucial importance in the decision-making? Are trial results pointing toward EVAR being of poor or even no benefit in the very sick patients?

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Aortic Stent Grafts > Growing physician preference for minimally invasive procedures > Boost Canadian and Japanese Peripheral Vascular Markets > Grow at CAGRs of nearly 60% and 20%

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Is stent-graft design in an evolutionary dead-end or can device innovation improve the success rates of aortic stent grafts? Can improved devices actually expand the treatable patient population? Will growing patient awareness of and demand for minimally invasive aortic procedures will drive the adoption of aortic stent grafts?

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Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery HALS > Laparoscopy-assisted > Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA repair > Early and middle-term results > Consecutive series of 122 cases > University of Pisa > Hybrid Procedure for Endoaneurysmorrhaphy > Intraluminal vascular graft placement

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Is the hybrid procedure of laparoscopic-assisted abdominal aortic aneurysms repair the latest MIS treatment for elective surgical replacement with synthetic graft? Are the laparoscopic-assisted techniques well refined and ready for widespread adaptation? Is the technique applicable to a broader AAA patient base as compared to the limited application of stent-grafting?

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Abbott > Next-Generation StarClose Safe and Extravascular SE > Closure of the vascular access > Following catheterization procedures > Vascular Closure System VCS > Ergonomic stabilizer > Simpler numbered-step deployment > Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Intervention Laboratories > Stanford School of Medicine

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Was the safety, reliability, extravascular closure and ease of use of the first-generation technology questioned by physicians? Is the mechanical closure definitive and how can the operator confirm a reliable closure? Is the patient time to mobility reduced following a procedures using the latest StarClose device?

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