Skip to main content

ADVERTISEMENT

abdominal aortic aneurysm

Interview
02/02/2011
What is the “Find the AAAnswers Coalition”?
What is the “Find the AAAnswers Coalition”?
What is the “Find the AAAnswers...
02/02/2011
Vascular Disease Management
Interview
01/04/2011
Michel S. Makaroun, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and primary scientific advisor for the Endurant Stent Graft IDE study, presented the study findings at the 2010...
Michel S. Makaroun, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and primary scientific advisor for the Endurant Stent Graft IDE study, presented the study findings at the 2010...
Michel S. Makaroun, MD,...
01/04/2011
Vascular Disease Management
Original Research
01/04/2011

George Vatakencherry, MD

George Vatakencherry, MD
Internal iliac artery occlusion can be an intentional or inadvertent complication of endovascular aneurysm repair, especially repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR). Several studies have reported on side effects experienced by patients...
Internal iliac artery occlusion can be an intentional or inadvertent complication of endovascular aneurysm repair, especially repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR). Several studies have reported on side effects experienced by patients...
Internal iliac artery occlusion...
01/04/2011
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
06/02/2010

Rabih Houballah, MD

Rabih Houballah, MD
We report the case of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) related to a Type III endoleak which occurred 3 years after treatment of the AAA with a Zenith Cook stent graft. This report will also discuss the mechanism of occurrence and...
We report the case of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) related to a Type III endoleak which occurred 3 years after treatment of the AAA with a Zenith Cook stent graft. This report will also discuss the mechanism of occurrence and...
We report the case of a ruptured...
06/02/2010
Vascular Disease Management
Commentary
11/06/2008

1Jeffrey H. Freihage, MD, 2Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT, 3Pranab Das, MD, 1Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT

1Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, and 3Memphis Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee

1Jeffrey H. Freihage, MD, 2Aravinda N...
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has become an accepted and often preferred method of therapy. However, the influence of endograft design (i.e., bifurcated versus aorto-uni-iliac) on outcomes is unknown.
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has become an accepted and often preferred method of therapy. However, the influence of endograft design (i.e., bifurcated versus aorto-uni-iliac) on outcomes is unknown.
Endovascular repair of abdominal...
11/06/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Review
09/05/2008
Significant advances in the management of AAA have been made in the last decade, including the introduction of new endovascular treatment modalities (EVAR), screening studies and randomized trials to refine the appropriate timing of...
Significant advances in the management of AAA have been made in the last decade, including the introduction of new endovascular treatment modalities (EVAR), screening studies and randomized trials to refine the appropriate timing of...
Significant advances in the...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
09/05/2008
The natural history of undetected abdominal aortic aneurysms includes ischemic complications that may affect peripheral limb or organ circulation. Distal embolization or thrombosis is the usual pathological process related to either migration...
The natural history of undetected abdominal aortic aneurysms includes ischemic complications that may affect peripheral limb or organ circulation. Distal embolization or thrombosis is the usual pathological process related to either migration...
The natural history of...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
09/05/2008
A 34-year-old man presented with a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He reported no previous symptoms or illness. His father died at the age of 46 years from a drug overdose. His mother died of AIDS at the age of 44 years. The...
A 34-year-old man presented with a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He reported no previous symptoms or illness. His father died at the age of 46 years from a drug overdose. His mother died of AIDS at the age of 44 years. The...
A 34-year-old man presented with...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Review
09/05/2008
Recently approved by the FDA for sale in the United States, and having been employed in Europe since 1999, the Powerlink device (Endologix, Inc.) is a unibody bifurcated endograft for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Recently approved by the FDA for sale in the United States, and having been employed in Europe since 1999, the Powerlink device (Endologix, Inc.) is a unibody bifurcated endograft for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Recently approved by the FDA for...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management
Case Report
09/05/2008
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has emerged as a routine and viable alternative in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Its efficacy has been confirmed in many studies, and its role in the treatment of atherosclerotic...
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has emerged as a routine and viable alternative in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Its efficacy has been confirmed in many studies, and its role in the treatment of atherosclerotic...
Endovascular aneurysm repair...
09/05/2008
Vascular Disease Management