Bifurcated endograft in aortoiliac type C and D lesions: long-term results.

Purpose: To report long-term outcome when using a bifurcated aortic endograft for treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) in Trans Atlantic Inter Society Consensus (TASC) classification C and D patients.

Materials And Methods: Between May 2001 and May 2009, 14 patients (11 men, 3 women) with aortoiliac TASC C and D type lesions and a mean age of 59 years ± 10 (range 41-73 years) were treated using a bifurcated aortic endograft. Although these patients were young, all were considered at high surgical risk.

Bifurcated endograft (Excluder) in the treatment of isolated iliac artery aneurysm: preliminary report.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of endovascular repair in the treatment of isolated iliac artery aneurysm (IAA) using Excluder bifurcated endograft. Eight consecutive patients with IAA were treated during a period of 45 months using Excluder bifurcated endograft. Two patients presented with isolated IAA rupture and were treated emergently, whereas the other six patients underwent elective treatment.

Clinical follow-up in endovascular treatment for TASC C-D lesions in femoro-popliteal segment.

Objective: To demonstrate the technical success and clinical follow-up after endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal segment TASC II C and D lesions.

Methods: From July 2002 to February 2007, 234 limbs in 190 patients with femoropopliteal segment TASC II C (n = 112) and D (n = 122) lesions were treated. Endovascular treatment consisted of PTA, fibrinolysis and PTA, subintimal recanalization and PTA, and finally stent graft.

Bifurcated endoprosthesis for treatment of aortoiliac occlusive lesions.

Purpose: To report our initial experience with a bifurcated endoprosthesis in the management of aortoiliac occlusive disease.

Methods: From May 2001 to February 2004, 112 patients were referred to our institution for the management of aortoiliac disease. Among these, 5 (6%) patients (3 men; mean age 57.

Intimal dehiscence in the abdominal aorta following balloon fenestration for type B dissection.

Purpose: To report a case of intimal dehiscence associated with endovascular intervention in patients with aortic dissection.

Case Report: A 65-year-old man presented with a type B dissection extending to the level of the common iliac arteries. Two Talent stent-grafts were placed in the descending thoracic aorta to close the entry point, but 2 lumens remained.

Disc erosion in Models 103 and 104 of Beall mitral valve prostheses.

Three cases of severe disc variance and erosion of the Teflon-disc Beall mitral valve prosthesis (Models 103 and 104) are reported. In two patients, the Beall mitral valves were excised and replaced with two Björk-Shiley mitral valves. The remaining patient did not survive, and at autopsy, the lens was found at the aortic bifurcation level.