Tag: EVAR

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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of September 2024

Six-month data from Merit Medical's Wrapsody WAVE trial, an update on the NHS England Acute Aortic Dissection Toolkit, and a large meta-analysis of endovascular...

Kevin Mani

“We need to continue to build the scientific evidence base for what we do,” Kevin Mani (Uppsala, Sweden) tells Vascular News, underlining what he...

Are we overtreating aortic aneurysms in the elderly?

A large meta-analysis of elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcomes by age has shown that three-to-five-year survival is very low in octogenarians, prompting researchers...
FORS-powered LumiGuide

FORS-powered LumiGuide has “gold-standard” potential for 3D device guidance without radiation

This advertorial is sponsored by Philips. FORS-powered A new technology is set to change the endovascular game by offering 3D, full-colour guidance to replace the...
sustainability

Sustainability in endovascular practice—it is time to do more

Hannah Burton (Bedford, UK) writes about a new study—recently documented in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery—on the fate of device packaging...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of July 2024

Several company updates including Series A funding for Endoron Medical, new insights on the role of machine learning in determining endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)...

Machine learning-based model could aid in determining EVAR suitability

Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands) and the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands) have developed a prediction model that...
EVAR

Towards a clinically applicable prediction model for aneurysm shrinkage after EVAR

Michel Reijnen and Rianne van Rijswijk (both Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands) write about a new consortium focused on sac regression after endovascular aneurysm...
grant

Life Seal Vascular awarded NSF SBIR grant to advance sac management...

Life Seal Vascular recently announced that it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. The funding will...
AAA-SHAPE

Shape Memory Medical announces first patient treated in the AAA-SHAPE randomised...

Shape Memory Medical recently announced that the first patient has been treated in the AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial. AAA-SHAPE (Abdominal aortic aneurysm sac healing and prevention...

US FDA approves expanded indication for Gore Excluder conformable device

Gore has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an expanded indication for the Gore Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoprosthesis....

Shape Memory Medical advances endovascular embolisation by completing $38 million in...

Shape Memory Medical has announced that it has completed $38 million in Series C financing, which has been led by Earlybird Venture Capital, along...
complex

AAA and complex repair: “We need more evidence,” says UChicago chief

A randomised controlled trial (RCT) of open repair versus endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), as well as...

Rijnstate Hospital at the forefront of international research into the treatment...

Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem, The Netherlands, recently announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the HERCULES trial comparing endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR)...

Gore receives US FDA approval for breakthrough endovascular device in complex...

Gore has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE), which the company states is the...

ESVS 2024 clinical practice guidelines on the management of abdominal aortoiliac...

The updated European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2024 clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and...
Nectero

Nectero Medical announces initiation of Phase II/III clinical trial of the...

Nectero Medical today announced initiation of a Phase II/III clinical trial (stAAAble) to investigate the safety and efficacy of the Nectero Endovascular Aneurysm Stabilisation...

Active sac management represents “step forward” for EVAR

 "Despite significant technological improvements since its inception, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is still associated with some of the same problems we...

First patient treated in ARISE II study of Gore ascending stent...

Gore has announced the first patient implantation of the Gore ascending stent graft in the ARISE II trial, describing this as an exciting step...

Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA) speaks to Vascular News about his life and career. Trained during the era of...

One-year results from AAA-SHAPE trial to be presented at VEITH 2023

Shape Memory Medical, developer of custom shape memory polymers for endovascular markets, announced that one-year data from the AAA-SHAPE safety trial will be presented...

Vascular News 100 – November 2023 US Edition

In this issue: Obituary: Roger M Greenhalgh 6th February 1941 – 6th October 2023 Forty five-year legacy of CX vascular education continues: The new CX...

Vascular News 100 – November 2023

In this issue: Obituary: Roger M Greenhalgh 6th February 1941 – 6th October 2023 Forty five-year legacy of CX vascular education continues: The new...

Obituary: Roger M Greenhalgh 6th February 1941 – 6th October 2023

Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on 6th October, aged 82....

Computer model indicates optimal shielding can reduce operator radiation doses close...

“With effective use of apron and ceiling and table shields, operator doses can be reduced to the equivalent of one to two days...
AAA-SHAPE

Shape Memory Medical receives US FDA IDE approval to initiate head-to-head...

Shape Memory Medical recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational device exemption (IDE) for the company to begin...

Postcode matters: Residing in areas of economic distress related to poor...

A new study in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) finds that a patient’s postcode is a crucial indicator for advanced stages of an...

Shape memory polymer: “Another step down the road” toward active aneurysm...

 “There is an increasing awareness that we need to get aneurysm sacs to regress after endovascular aneurysm repair ,” Andrew Holden (Auckland, New Zealand)...
resuce

“Vigilant” surveillance and low threshold for further interventions “crucial” following rescue...

The findings of a recent study on reinterventions and sac dynamics after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) with a physician-modified endograft (PMEG) for index...

Adding 8–12mm diameter devices to the Shockwave Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy toolkit

This advertorial is sponsored by Shockwave Medical. Mazin Foteh, MD, contrasts the benefits of Shockwave Medical’s new Shockwave L6 Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter alongside those...
JAGUAR

Endologix announces 150th patient enrolled in JAGUAR randomised controlled trial

Endologix recently announced the completion of the 150th case in the JAGUAR study. This randomised controlled trial is evaluating Endologix’s Alto abdominal stent graft...
Endurant

Endurant stent graft proves efficacious and durable in ENGAGE 10-year data

A first-to-podium presentation at the 2023 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium (25–27 April, London, UK) saw Hence Verhagen (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)...

Robotic surgery: “We have missed the boat on this,” says Houston...

An emerging programme at Houston Methodist aims to help prod those practicing in the vascular surgical space deeper into the field of robotic surgery. The...

Short neck AAAs: “Choosing what is best for the patient”

Navigating cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with short neck anatomy pose a serious challenge to vascular surgeons, but the list of potential options...
endograft

Study highlights need for “continuous comparative assessments” to guide endograft treatment...

A recent study comparing outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients has reported no statistically significant differences in mortality or secondary rupture rates between...

Vesteck completes first-in-human use of several Suture-Tight devices

Vesteck scientific advisory board members along with key opinion leaders from around the world have successfully completed the first three in-human cases with the...
Shockwave Medical

Shockwave Medical announces US launch of new peripheral IVL catheter

Shockwave Medical today announced the full US commercial availability of the Shockwave L6 peripheral intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) catheter following clearance by the US Food...

Vivasure Medical announces FDA IDE approval to initiate US pivotal study

Vivasure Medical has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an investigational device exemption (IDE) to advance the company’s PATCH...
AAA-SHAPE

Shape Memory Medical announces first patient treated in EMBO postmarket surveillance...

Shape Memory Medical has announced the first patient treated in Germany as part of the EMBO postmarket surveillance registry (EMBO-PMS), the company’s prospective, multicentre...

Iliac side branch devices a “gamechanger” in AAA treatment

NOTE: This video is ONLY available to watch in selected countries and geographies  Iliac side branch devices (ISBs) are “gamechangers in infrarenal therapy of...
aneurysm

UK-COMPASS maps out complex aneurysm treatment in England, points to possible...

Data from the UK-COMPASS trial provide new insights into the management of complex aneurysm treatment in England and, according to lead investigator Srinivasa Rao...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of January 2023

January's top 10 highlights an individual patient data meta-analysis on the safety of carotid endarterectomy in the elderly and a new randomised trial on...

UK-COMPASS highlights “extremely good” three-year results for complex aneurysm treatment in...

At the 2022 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) annual scientific meeting (23–25 November, Brighton, UK), Srinivasa Rao Vallabhaneni (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)...
HawkOne atherectomy

Medtronic announces first enrolment in head-to-head global randomised trial evaluating durability...

Medtronic has announced the first patient enrolment in the ADVANCE trial, a head-to-head randomised controlled trial of two leading aortic stent graft systems, the...
AFX2

Endologix receives US FDA approval of PMA supplement for AFX2 system

Endologix recently announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a premarket approval (PMA) supplement relating to the AFX2...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of October 2022

Five-year outcomes from the randomised SPACE-2 trial on carotid artery stenosis, an interview with Joseph S Coselli, and a report on the "significant" increase...
CX Aortic

CX Aortic Vienna: Onus on industry to meet clinician desire for...

The need for vascular companies to home in on developing longer-lasting devices—perhaps even ones that adapt over time to match patients’ changing anatomies—was underscored...

CX Aortic Vienna: New technologies continue to expand vascular surgery armamentarium

From parallel grafting to the role of hybrid operating rooms, the importance of vascular surgeons having a wide range of devices and options at...
sac regression

CX Aortic Vienna: Sac diameter increase must be monitored and investigated

There was consensus on day one of the CX Aortic Vienna 2022 Digital Edition (24–26 October) that aortic sac regression is a positive sign...

Vascular News 96 – November 2022 US Edition

In this issue: ESVS publishes "pioneering" clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety What to expect from CX Aortic Vienna 2022 In profile: Markus Steinbauer (Regensburg,...

Vascular News 96 – November 2022 OUS Edition

In this issue: ESVS publishes "pioneering" clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety What to expect from CX Aortic Vienna 2022 In profile: Markus Steinbauer (Regensburg,...
patients

Emergency EVAR protocol should be “first-line intervention” for the right patients

In a recently published study, the introduction of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) into the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) decreased the 30-day...
AI

Fully automated software using artificial intelligence could become a “crucial adjunct”...

A software named PRAEVAorta (Nurea), using artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to enable a fast, reproducible, and fully automated analysis of abdominal aortic...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of September 2022

September's top 10 highlights a randomised trial that aims to examine early endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in women, new radiation safety guidelines from the...

WARRIORS randomised trial aims to examine early EVAR in women

This month a multinational collaboration of researchers received endorsement from the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF) Multinational Clinical Trials Initiative for the WARRIORS...

Demand for “widely applicable” inner branch technology set to increase as...

NOTE: This video is ONLY available to watch in selected countries and geographies  Said Abisi (London, UK) discusses inner branched endovascular aneurysm repair (iBEVAR)...

Shape Memory Medical completes enrolment in the AAA-SHAPE early feasibility study

Shape Memory Medical has announced the completion of patient enrolment in AAA-SHAPE, the company’s prospective, multicentre early feasibility safety study of the Impede-FX RapidFill...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of July 2022

July's top 10 most popular items include more from this year's Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2022; 15–18 June, Boston,...

Shape Memory Polymer addresses an “unmet need” for EVAR

 Andrew Holden (Auckland, New Zealand) and Michel Reijnen (Arnhem, The Netherlands) discuss Shape Memory Polymer (Shape Memory Medical)—a porous scaffold that, according to Holden,...

Shape Memory Medical celebrates treatment of 1,500th patient

Shape Memory Medical announced today that its 1,500th patient has been treated, marking a significant milestone for the company’s portfolio of shape memory polymer...

Disruptive technology and high-quality clinical evidence: An Endologix transformation

NOTE: This video is ONLY available to watch in selected countries and geographies  Endologix president and CEO, Matt Thompson (Irvine, USA), discusses how the...

Female sex is associated with reintervention and mortality following elective EVAR

Women are more likely to die within five years of having elective surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or need repeat surgery,...

Artificial intelligence can predict risk of complications after endovascular aneurysm repair

Artificial intelligence (AI) models can be developed to predict the risk of postoperative complications after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with “high accuracy,” research presented...

Cydar Medical and King’s College London initiate randomised controlled trial of...

Cydar Medical, in partnership with King’s College London, has initiated the ARIA study—a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical, technical and cost-effectiveness of...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of May 2022

Two-year data on the use of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in calcified peripheral disease treatment, an advertorial sponsored by Bentley exploring the role of bridging...

Vivasure Medical announces Series D financing to advance portfolio of PerQseal...

Vivasure Medical has announced the closing of the first tranche of €22 million (US$23 million) as part of its Series D financing round that...

Cathi joins with VSS to launch world’s first online training programme...

Germany-based endovascular simulator supplier Cathi has joined forces with UK-based Vascular Simulation Solutions (VSS) to offer the world’s first online training masterclass using endovascular...

Less frequent post-EVAR surveillance might be safe in some patient groups,...

Results from the multicentre, retrospective ODYSSEUS study carried out in The Netherlands suggest that less frequent surveillance after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may be...

Stable and reliable: A vascular surgeon’s perspective on the benefits of...

This advertorial is sponsored by Shape Memory Medical. Smart Polymer is a new shape memory polymer technology, available to endovascular specialists, that is incorporated into...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of March 2022

A review of intraoperative adverse events in patients treated with fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair, meta-analysis findings on peripheral arterial disease symptoms in...
Hyperflex Balloon Catheter by Endovastec Receives Marketing Approval in Japan

Hyperflex balloon catheter by Endovastec receives marketing approval in Japan

Shanghai MicroPort Endovascular MedTech (Endovastec) recently announced that it has received registration approval from Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for the Hyperflex...
Gustavo Oderich

F/BEVAR review reveals less than 20% of patients suffered intraoperative adverse...

A retrospective evaluation of 600 fenestrated or branched endovascular aneurysm repairs (F/BEVARs) for the treatment of complex aneurysms revealed that fewer than one in...

FDA advisory panel issues recommendations on lifelong surveillance and long-term postmarket...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it has issued a letter to healthcare providers emphasising the importance of lifelong surveillance, including...

VEITH 2021: Researchers present ex vivo demonstration of fluoroscopy-free complex AAA...

“I think this represents the beginning of the end of an era where we have to use lead to perform these procedures.” Those were...
FEVAR Bentley

Recruitment passes halfway point for FEVAR study with Bentley bridging stent

Bentley has announced that on-label use of the company's BeGraft peripheral balloon-expandable covered stent in complex aortic aneurysms is a step closer with more...
Endologix Alto

Endologix initiates randomised study of Alto abdominal stent graft system

Endologix today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s JAGUAR study to compare outcomes for the Alto abdominal stent graft...
LINC 2023

Modern AAA metrics support expanding current screening guidelines

Results of a database review of more than 500,000 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs revealed the majority of patients treated for rupture did not...

First patient enrolled in Shape Memory Medical’s AAA-SHAPE Netherlands study

Shape Memory Medical has announced the initiation of AAA-SHAPE Netherlands, the company’s prospective, multicentre early feasibility study of the Impede-FX RapidFill device when used...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of July 2021

Updated Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) clinical practice guidelines on extracranial cerebrovascular disease management and a new meta-analysis on paclitaxel in peripheral arterial disease...

“Significant variations in the interpretation of the ESVS AAA guidelines” remain...

In a study of over 100,000 intact abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs, an increase in the proportion of patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)...

AI shows promise in medicine

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be “transformative” in medicine, including in vascular surgery. This is according to Alan Karthikesalingam,...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of May 2021

Expanding eligibility for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), new tools for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), and promising data for arteriovenous (AV) fistula remote monitoring all...
abdominal aortic aneurysm

Concern for outgrowing EVAR suitability in small AAA “unwarranted” within two-year...

“The majority of patients eligible for EVAR when entering a surveillance programme for small AAA remain eligible after two years,” write Annalise...

GORE® ACTIVE CONTROL System: “A system for the masses”

NOTE: This video is ONLY available to watch in selected countries and geographies  Robert Rhee (New York, USA) moderates a Charing Cross 2021 webinar–A...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of April 2021

Highlights from the Charing Cross (CX) 2021 Digital Edition (19–22 April, online)—including the potential of Philips’ Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology to reduce radiation...
EVAR

Great news for EVAR: Registry data shows procedure is safe, durable,...

Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is safe, durable, and effective, the five-year interim results of the Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment (the GREAT registry)...

Endovascular aneurysm repair linked to higher readmission rates

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discovered that while endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is more commonly utilised for ruptured abdominal...
abdominal aortic aneurysm

Pre-emptive embolisation of aneurysm sac side branches prevents post-EVAR type II...

According to Daniela Branzan (University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany) and colleagues, pre-emptive embolisation of aneurysm sac side branches for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm...
EVAR

Complications of EVAR in 2020: Are they lower than they were...

Mo Hamady discusses developments in aortic stent grafts in recent years, and offers a contemplation on the complications associated with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)....

EVAR not costlier than open repair for most routine AAA repairs,...

A recent systematic evaluation of the costs of elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and open infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair implies cost equivalence....

Crabclamp earns CE mark approval as a Class 1s medical device

Vascular Barcelona Devices (VB Devices) recently announced that its Crabclamp product received CE mark approval as a Class 1s medical device. According to a...
Shape Impede-FX

Shape Memory Medical announces first patient enrolment in AAA-SHAPE study

Shape Memory Medical has announced the initiation of AAA-SHAPE, the company’s prospective safety study of the Impede-FX embolisation plug devices when used for abdominal...
abdominal aortic aneurysm

Five-year survival following EVAR for ruptured AAA “improving,” study concludes

“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens RB Varkevisser (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical...

Nearly 70% of CX 2020 LIVE global aortic audience finds type...

A global audience tuned into the second session and inaugural aortic offering of CX 2020 LIVE. With registrations now well over 4,000, the pioneering...
Ramon Varcoe

“Excellent” long-term results after EVAR using Endurant stent graft in 180...

Results from a real-world experience over more than 10 years using the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) demonstrate that it is safe and effective, with...

CX 2020 encourages vascular community to strive for consensus

The Charing Cross Symposium (CX; 21–24 April, London, UK) is the longest-running vascular and endovascular global symposium, and an important source of Education, Innovation,...

“No evidence” to suggest spinal cord injury is decreased by prophylactic...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is a key component in the treatment of spinal cord injury but the evidence that prophylactic drainage decreases such injury...

IVL has “changed the dynamics” of facilitating EVAR & TEVAR in...

 Frank Arko (Charlotte, USA) talks to VEITHtv at the VEITHsymposium 2019 (19–23 November, New York, USA), about the benefits of using Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) when performing EVAR...

EVAR before, and EVAR after: VEITHtv looks back with the pioneers

Enrico Ascher (New York, USA) interviews endovascular pioneers Juan Parodi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Frank Veith (New York, USA) about the early days of endovascular aortic...
Jan Blankensteijn talks about the AAA guidelines

VSASM 2019: “Extreme care” needed not to overgeneralise when creating AAA...

Jan Blankensteijn (Amsterdam, Netherlands) talks to BLearning Aortic at VSASM 2019 (Vascular Societies’ Annual Scientific Meeting; 27–29 November, Manchester, UK) following his Kinmonth Lecture presentation titled ‘The current...
SonieVie

EVAR patients may experience significant long term decrease in renal function

A recent analysis, with some of the longest follow up to date, suggests that patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may experience a significant...

Training for rupture EVAR response: Formula 1 style

What do Formula 1 cars, space shuttles and airplanes have in common with a ruptured aneurysm? In this article, Colin Bicknell writes about the...
abdominal aortic aneurysm

EVAR deemed “safe and effective” by national aneurysm screening programme

According to a recent study, an endovascular approach is “safe and effective” in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms detected by the National Abdominal...

Late rupture after EVAR is rare but incidence is increasing

At the 2019 Charing Cross Symposium (CX; 15–18 April, London, UK), Vincenzo Brizzi (Bordeaux, France) reported the 10-year results for late rupture after endovascular...

Proximal neck sealing does not seem to induce neck dilatation

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using proximal polymer sealing does not seem to induce neck dilatation like other endografts, concluded Hence Verhagen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)...

Coil embolisation improves EVAR results for high risk patients

Coil embolisation for at-risk patients during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a safe and reproducible procedure, Dominique Fabre (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) told delegates at...

EVAR with an iliac branch endoprothesis is safe and effective

On Wednesday, during the Aortic Podium 1st session at Charing Cross (CX) Symposium, Fabio Verzini (Turin, Italy) reported that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with...

EVAR funding threatened, while strategy for safe, cost-effective repair is “just...

The durability of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is in the limelight as the UK vascular community awaits the final aortic aneurysm guidelines from the...

Government funding for large randomised trials still needed to examine promise...

 Jan Blankensteijn (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; principal investigator of the DREAM trial) tells Vascular News about what inspired him to design the DREAM trial, how...

Positive two-year results for Kardiozis EVAR device using fibre embolisation

France-based medtech company Affluent Medical has announced positive results from its SCOPE 1 clinical trial validating the efficacy of Kardiozis technology: an endoprosthesis using thrombogenic...

European vascular community continues to dispute draft NICE AAA guidelines amidst...

At a session dedicated to the draft abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) guidelines put forward by the UK’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence...

Study finds increased risk of abdominal cancer associated with EVAR

A population-based cohort study by Viknesh Sounderajah and colleagues at Imperial College in London, UK, found an increased risk of abdominal cancer associated with...

Draft NICE aortic guidelines cause endovascular controversy

For the vascular community in the UK, discourse on guidelines in 2018 increasingly came to focus on the proposed guidelines document from the National...

INCRAFT AAA Stent Graft System receives FDA approval

Cordis has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its INCRAFT AAA Stent Graft System for use in complex access...

Tackling the uncommon, but devastating, complication of infection after EVAR

 Rachel Bell (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK) describes a variety of specialist surgical options to treat infection after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR),...

So, are you using lower leg lead shields when you perform...

 Chronic exposure to low dose radiation, such as that experienced by operators who routinely perform endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), has biological effects that can...
Mastracci told Interventional News about how clinicians’ practices are being tested

Individual evaluation of each patient, and each aorta, is key to...

 “The instructions for use (IFU) are not a clinical guideline, so trainees should really think about what the main considerations are when they are...

First patient in Europe receives implant of Gore Excluder Conformable AAA...

  Gore has announced the first European patient implant of the Gore Excluder Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control System. This next-generation endovascular aneurysm repair...

Gore moulding and occlusion balloon for endovascular aortic repair receives approval...

Gore has announced FDA 510(k) clearance, approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, and receipt of CE mark for the innovative...

Merit Medical named exclusive distributor of Q50 Plus

Merit Medical Systems has been named the exclusive global distributor of the Q50 Plus Stent Graft Balloon Catheter (QXMédical). The Q50 Plus is used...

LUCY one-year results presented at SVS

One-year results from the LUCY (Evaluation of females who are underrepresented candidates for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair) registry were reported at the Society for...

NICE draft guideline casts shadow over EVAR for unruptured aneurysms

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and management. The most...

FDA advisory committee votes in favour of INCRAFT for treatment of...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has provided a favourable recommendation on the...

Data support targeted screening of first-degree relatives of aneurysm patients as...

A new study suggests that the familial risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm is much higher than previously thought and this excess risk is highest...

Marc Schermerhorn: Mortality analysis of EVAS vs. EVAR

Marc Schermerhorn (Boston, USA) discusses the three-year results of an analysis on the long-term survival of Nellix EVAS system (Endologix) IDE trial patients vs....
Sac growth model

Sac growth model could enable simple, safe and patient-friendly surveillance after...

oowth At the Charing Cross Symposium (CX; 24–27 April, London, UK) delegates heard compelling research-in-progress from a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, statisticians and health economists...

Patient enrolment completed in Endologix’ ELEVATE IDE trial

Endologix, a developer and marketer of treatments for aortic disorders, has announced the completion of enrollment in the ELEVATE (Expanding Patient Applicability with Polymer Sealing...

First patient enrolled in investigational study of the Gore Excluder Conformable...

  Gore has announced the first implant of the Gore Excluder Conformable abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) endoprosthesis in the USA. The procedure took place on...
José Fernandes e Fernandes

Surgical simulators are useful but do not replace open and EVAR...

The use of surgical simulators is important to assess competence, plan complex cases and develop skills, but they “do not replace clinical and surgical...

Radiation exposure during EVAR causes DNA damage in operators

The health implications of prolonged low dose radiation exposure are frequently a topic of discussion amongst vascular interventionalists, who are performing a growing number...

Endurant II/IIs stent graft receives FDA approval for short neck anatomies...

  Medtronic has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Endurant II/IIs stent graft system to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients...

Five-year ENGAGE data demonstrate comparable EVAR outcomes in male and female...

Five-year data from Medtronic’s ENGAGE global registry indicate that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcomes are comparable between male and female patients when using the...

PIUR Imaging launches new 3D ultrasound angiography

PIUR Imaging has announced the launch of new applications for their vascular tomographic ultrasound solution, PIUR tUS, in Europe. The new applications include three-dimensional...

CYDAR fusion imaging benefits translate to infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair

Fusion imaging can be used for infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) following a short learning curve with the benefit of lower radiation dose and...

Competence in EVAR techniques

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a highly specialised and potentially complicated procedure requiring knowledge and skills from several cognitive domains. Indeed, EVAR involves several intricate procedural...

Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging fenestrated and branched EVAR outcomes

Significant success has been achieved in treating complex proximal aneurysms using a combination of fenestrated and branched graft devices, based on a report of...

EVAR 2 very long-term results prompt a call for shared decision-making...

A “podium first” presentation of very long-term follow-up data from the EVAR 2 trials suggests that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) fails to improve all-cause...

The evolution of the aortic neck after EVAR

Continuous aortic enlargement at the level of infrarenal aortic neck has been reported after endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Current concepts regarding...

Mind over matter: EVAR under hypnosis

The use of hypnosis during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may improve haemodynamic and respiratory stability and allow faster patient recovery, according to a presentation...

Mind over matter: EVAR under hypnosis

The use of hypnosis during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may improve haemodynamic and respiratory stability and allow faster patient recovery, according to a presentation...

Comparison of EVAR 1 and ENGAGE data shows the evolution of...

The EVAR 1 trial—investigating the efficacy of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) versus open repair—and the ENGAGE registry—examining the performance of the Endurant (Medtronic) stent...

Multicentre early experience on Altura presented at the VEITHsymposium

Lombard Medical has announced that its Altura endovascular stent graft system was featured in a scientific presentation at the VEITHsymposium in New York, USA, on 17...

Significant cost savings and no major adverse events with the Fast-Track...

The LIFE registry demonstrated safe and effective patient outcomes when using a “Fast-Track” endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) protocol—percutaneous access, no general anaesthesia, no intensive...

Device developments in EVAR: What we learned from the past; what...

The introduction of endovascular grafts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms represents the major determinant for the endovascular revolution of the last 25 years....

Mortality rates of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair have not changed...

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) are associated with an overall mortality rate of over 80%, and, according to the US Centers for Disease Control...

Mid-term Fenestrated Anaconda outcomes show good aneurysm sac regression and target...

Endovascular aneurysm repair with the Fenestrated Anaconda stent graft (Vascutek) delivers “satisfactory short-term technical and clinical success rates in patients with juxtarenal, suprarenal, and...

EVAR 1 trial 15-year follow-up published: Lifelong surveillance of EVAR and...

Fifteen-year follow-up results of the UK endovascular aneurysm repair trial 1 (EVAR 1), published online in The Lancet on 12 October 2016, show higher...

Covered bridging stents in endovascular aneurysm repair

Over the past two decades, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) has gained popularity. However, specified anatomic characteristics are required to achieve durable...

Any instructions for use non-adherence predicts graft-related adverse events in elective...

Frequently, instructions for use (IFU) parameters published by device manufacturers are not adhered to in order to increase patient candidacy for endovascular aneurysm repair...

Zenith endograft produces durable repair while long-term survival rates “remain poor”

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Zenith endograft (Cook Medical) represents durable repair with a low risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm-related death at 14...

Gore DrySeal Flex introducer sheath now commercially available

Gore has announced the commercial availability of the Gore DrySeal Flex introducer sheath, after recently gaining clearance for use by regulatory bodies in the...

First patients treated with Endologix’s Ovation Alto abdominal stent graft system

The first two patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) have been treated with Endologix’s Ovation Alto abdominal stent graft system. The patients were treated...

US branch/fenestrated EVAR use soars by over 500% in a decade

New US research indicates that there was a widespread and steady decline in elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs for Medicare patients from 2003...

Complex triple or quadruple FEVAR does not increase perioperative mortality or...

At the Vascular Annual Meeting (9–11 June, National Harbor, USA), data were presented suggesting that complex triple or quadruple fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR)...

Transcatheter Technologies to expand product pipeline with Tumbao EVAR system

Tumbao allows for precision-controlled expansion and anchoring of self-expanding Nitinol stents for the treatment of complex aortic aneurysm.