AIM The aim of this single center retrospective study was to determine gender-related differences in patients undergoing repair of aortic aneurysm. METHODS A total of 296 consecutive patients with an abdominal aneurysm undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair was included in the study. Among these, 24 (8.1%) were females and 272 (91.9%) were males. Demographic and clinical characte...

D espite major advances in complex aortic arch reconstruction, these challenging procedures are still fraught with significant problems such as bleeding; cardiac, pulmonary, and renal complications; and stroke. Conventional surgical repair of aortic arch pathology is an invasive procedure often necessitating cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Although there has been...

The authors describe surgical treatment for high risk patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms of complicated morphology for standard endovascular repair. This was achieved by combining endovascular stent-grafting for aneurysmal sac exclusion with conventional vascular surgical procedures.

Since the first published report of a fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair, we have seen an expansion in the range of custom-made devices used to manage complex aortic aneurysms. Fenestrated devices, branched devices, and chimneys are now frequently used in many centers to repair these aneurysms. Similar to standard endovascular aneurysm repair, the advantages of less operative blood loss, ...

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a significant cause of mortality in the United States. Often asymptomatic, AAA is considered a silent killer because it frequently remains undiagnosed until the time of rupture or the patient's death. Major risk factors, such as smoking, age, sex, race, and family history of aortic aneurysm, affect the formation of AAAs. National screening recomm...

background: coarctation of the aorta (coa) is a defect that accounts for 5-8% of all congenital heart diseases. balloon angioplasty as a treatment for coa is increasingly performed, with endovascular stents having been proposed as a means of improving the efficacy and safety of the procedure. the aim of this study was to evaluate the systolic blood pressure gradient at rest and during maximal e...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to assess potential causative factors of stent-graft collapse after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed clinical data and preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic scans of patients with thoracic stent-graft collapse in 2 French departments of vascular surgery. Aortic arch angulation, length of the lack of device wall ...

In this innovative technique case report, we describe off-label use of an iliac branch endoprosthesis (IBE) and a main body EVAR component for total endovascular repair thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm in patient unsuitable open repair. paper, planning measurement techniques type repair, as well post-operative considerations. Take-home lessons include the importance advanced overall feasibilit...

PURPOSE To determine the safety and efficacy of total percutaneous access closure for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair with a suture-mediated preclosing technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred thirty-two femoral access sites in 70 patients who underwent endovascular aortic aneurysm repair were closed percutaneously with off-label use of two F-6 Perclose AT devices preapplied at a 90 d...

BACKGROUND Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) can be a potential life threatening condition if left untreated. Total endovascular techniques to approach aortic aneurysms have extended management options and enabled patients who are unfit for open surgery to undergo repair. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is increasingly used to treat patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, who onc...