Aneurysms

INDIANAPOLIS – Major outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm are superior in terms of mortality, length of stay, and total hospital charges when done by vascular surgeons rather... »

MIAMI BEACH – At 2 years, the Endurant stent graft was durable for abdominal aortic aneurysm, based on findings from a registry of nearly 1,300 patients.

Freedom from aneurysm-related death was 98% in the 500 registry... »

Information pooled in a meta-analysis of 18 data sets may allow clinicians to fine-tune the ultrasonographic surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to a report in JAMA.

"By pooling results from 18... »

MILWAUKEE – Although female sex is associated with a higher rate of complications, women did not have significantly lower long-term survival after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a review of the Mayo Clinic AAA... »

MILWAUKEE – General surgery residents in a community-based residency program experienced a significant 49% decline in open aortic surgeries over the last decade, an analysis showed.

In 2000-2001, residents were exposed to 20-25... »

Endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms confers no acute or late mortality benefit over open surgery, according to the results of a retrospective study using propensity-score matching by researchers at the... »

Dr. Matthew W. Mell and his colleagues from the Division of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., performed a retrospective analysis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) cases from 2006 to 2008 using... »

LAS VEGAS -- Percutaneous covered stents safely and effectively bypass and seal off pseudoaneurysms in arteriovenous grafts and fistulas, preventing rupture, prolonging hemodialysis access, and eliminating the need for open... »

MIAMI BEACH – The mystery shrouding fibromuscular dysplasia, a clinically important and surprisingly prevalent vascular disease of unknown etiology, began to lift with initial findings from 339 patients enrolled in the first U.S.... »

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Six years of having intravascular ultrasound guidance available during thoracic and abdominal endografting procedures for aortic pathologies has convinced one surgeon that it’s a sometimes necessary, sometimes... »