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FDA Update > Based on the latest information supplied by Medtronic > Mortality rate associated with the initial stent-graft surgery of 2.3 % > Not 1.5% originally calculated for the AneuRx stent-graft patient > Greater than with open AAA surgery > Risk-benefit profile for stent-graft patients

Thursday, March 20, 2008

What will be the recommendation of your AAA surgeon based on these findings? Is the FDA recommendation that the AneuRx® Stent Graft be used only in patients who can be treated in accordance with the instructions for use and who meet the appropriate risk-benefit profile? Do most stent-graft patients underestimate the effort it takes to […]

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Video > Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA > Harper University Hospital > Patients receives endoluminal repair > Endovascular stent-graft require periodic follow-up > Check for migration and endoleaks

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

IIP > View here…

> Performed by Ali Kafi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.hief of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Harper University Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (WSU)
PRIMARY HOSPITAL: Harper University Hospital
SPECIALTY: Cardiothoracic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic surgery, valvular surgery, endovascular grafting, balloon angioplasty & stenting, treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery, American Board […]

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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

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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 […]

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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

Monday, December 17, 2007

IIP > justin > ric mave:

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 […]

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Medtronic’s Securant > Lombard’s EndoRefix > New Stent Graft Fixation Device: Regulatory Milestones Inch Stent Stapler Closer to Launch

Friday, October 26, 2007

What will Medtronic do with the technology for the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms that addresses a $400 million worldwide market that’s expected to rise to $1 billion by 2010? What is the true clinical utility of EndoRefix as an adjunctive procedure to endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms stent graft repair? Will A limited European launch […]

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