Background: For many patients with aorto-occlusive disease, where stent deployment is not possible, surgery remains the only treatment option available. The aim of this study was to assess the results ...

ANEURYSMECTOMY with prosthetic replacement of the removed arterial segment is now commonplace, and accepted as the treatment of choice for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. We have been struck by the ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms can happen anywhere below the diaphragm. The infrarenal area of the abdomen, just below the kidneys, is one of the most common places to develop an abdominal aneurysm. The ...

In 1992 Dion et al. successfully tried the first laparoscopic procedure on the abdominal aorta [1]. Despite development of surgical tools and training of a substantial number of surgeons able to ...

Bentley InnoMed GmbH announced CE Mark approval for the company’s BeGraft Plus for use as a bridging stent graft in bran ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an ...

SUDDEN occlusion of the aortic bifurcation by embolic clot released from the heart constitutes one of the rare but dramatically important emergency situations seen in medical practice. If such a clot ...

Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair is not associated with a difference in mortality rates vs. open aortic repair, although it appears to yield a significantly lower overall rate of morbidity and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Endurant AAA Stent Graft System, manufactured by Medtronic, was approved in July 2008 for use in Europe for ...