Skip to content

Category Archives: Stent-grafting

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?

IIP > read […]

Filed in Endovascular aneurysm repair EVAR, Connecting AAA graft to aortic neck, Men in England are to be offered AAA screening, Stent-graft, Endovascular Therapy, Stent Graft Fixation Device, Endovascular resection, Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms EVAR, Complication of stent-graft repair, Paraplegia secondary to spinal cord ischaemia, Aorfix Dacron stent-graft, Surgical revision, GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis, Stent graft migration following endovascular aneurysm r, Type I endoleaks, Endovascular techniques prone to similar complications, Aneurysm rupture, Endovascular and coronary products, Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA repair, Regulatory body scrutiny, Cost effectiveness, Core laboratory, Cost effectiveness as a function of cost and clinical b, National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE, Cook, Gore, Roger Greenhalgh, Multi-center experience, Unfit for open repair and not high risk, Quo Vadis EVAR, Abdominal aortic aneurysms have no symptoms, Stent-grafting, Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, Endovascular Aneurysm Repair EVAR Trials, Open Versus Endovascular Repair OVER trial, Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management DREAM, Life Line Screening, Medtronic, Elective surgical treatment of AAA, Surgical aneurysm repair, Open aneurysm repair, Endoaneurysmorrhaphy, Totally laparoscopic AAA replacement, Need for reintervention, Endovascular stenting, Larger aneurysms can leak or rupture, Watchful waiting, Treatment of aneurysms, Endovascular stent graft, Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA, Ultrasound screening, Silent killer, Risk of developing AAA, Albert Einstein, Sudden severe back or abdominal pain, Long-term graft performance, AAA stent-graft device, Stent graft fixation product, Stent Stapler, Stapling may replace stitching, Fixation of stent grafts, Stent grafts have a tendency to migrate, Benefit from screening, Keep the graft in place, Endoleaks, Scanning and visualizing the aorta, Screen the aorta, Stent-graft technology under serious scrutiny, Subsidiary of a major stent-graft company, Warning letter, Simple $50 ultrasound scan, Ascending aortic aneurysm, Welcome to Medicare physical, Free screening for AAA, Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm | Comments Off

Complex aneurysm > Treated using new fenestrated endograft stent > New York > Presbyterian Hospital > Columbia University Medical Center > Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular > Graft by Cook Medical

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Has stent-grafting with a traditional endograft been difficult or impossible for about ten per cent of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients? Is open surgery usually not an option since most of these patients are aged 70 and older, and often with medical complications? Does the fenestrated endograft procedure take more time and skill than repair of […]

Filed in Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA repair, Surgery usually not an option, Stent-grafting, Fenestrated endograft procedure, Columbia University Medical Center, Men in England are to be offered AAA screening, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Benefit from screening, Life Line Screening, Aneurysm rupture, Repair of standard aneurysms, Angeliki Vouyouka, Treated using new fenestrated endograft stent, Presbyterian Hospital, Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular, Graft by Cook Medical, Complex aneurysm, James McKinsey, Abdominal aortic aneurysms have no symptoms, Weill Cornell, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Medical College, Stapling may replace stitching, Scanning and visualizing the aorta, Albert Einstein, Treatment of aneurysms, Watchful waiting, Open aneurysm repair, Sudden severe back or abdominal pain, Risk of developing AAA, Ultrasound screening, Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA, Silent killer, Surgical aneurysm repair, Elective surgical treatment of AAA, Ascending aortic aneurysm, Free screening for AAA, Welcome to Medicare physical, Screen the aorta, Simple $50 ultrasound scan, AAA stent-graft device, Endoaneurysmorrhaphy, Totally laparoscopic AAA replacement, Larger aneurysms can leak or rupture, Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm | Comments Off