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Active stent-graft fixation below the renal arteries may have the least effect on aortic neck degeneration, study finds
Stent grafts with active fixation below the renal arteries as well as oversizing by less than 10% seem to have the least effect on aortic neck degeneration over time, according to a research team who conducted a retrospective review of…
Preoperative risk score tool for rAAA 30-day mortality is accurate, new study finds
An entirely preoperative risk-scoring tool for the prediction of 30-day mortality after a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) was found to be accurate after a retrospective review of a prospectively collected database at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The calculator…
Open repair linked to higher long-term survival in patients deemed off-label for EVAR
Open repair of aortic aneurysms is associated with higher long-term survival in patients who fall outside the confines of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) instructions for use (IFU), and should therefore be favored over EVAR among this cohort, the annual meeting…
Study finds low mortality, high complication rates after aortic endograft explantation
The explantation of aortic endografts—associated with high postoperative morbidity, particularly in patients with infected grafts—can be carried out with a low mortality rate, a new single-center study reveals. Mohammad Khasawneh, MD, a vascular surgery fellow at the Mayo Clinic in…
CX Aortic Vienna reveals preoccupation with radiation reduction, showcases latest CT tech
Polling at CX Aortic Vienna points to a high level of vigilance over radiation exposure during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). This was among the messages to emerge from a discussion on the optimal use of aortic imaging for diagnostic purposes…
A Vascular VISION: Improved patient care
Call it a VISION for improving patient care by being able to see how specific hospitals or institutions perform in terms of long-term patient outcomes following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). VISION is the vascular implant Surveillance and Interventional Outcomes Network.…
September slate of regional vascular meetings goes digital
This time last year, the ranks of vascular surgery were gearing up to head for points East, West, Midwest and Northeast as the slew of key regional meetings that take place in the early fall entered their viewfield. But like…
Inaugural CX Aortic Vienna to take place online
The inaugural CX Aortic Vienna meeting will be livestreamed Sept. 8–11 to an international, online audience, and will include registrant participation, interaction and polling. The program will focus on all matters aortic—from the aortic valve to the iliac arteries. All…
VQI analysis finds endovascular repair of rAAA superior to open repair
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and midterm survival benefits of endovascular repair over an open approach. The authors—Linda J Wang, MD, of…
Five-year survival after EVAR for ruptured AAA ‘improving’
“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston and colleagues in the July edition of the Journal of Vascular…