Clinical characteristics and outcome of isolated infrarenal aortic stenosis in young patients.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify young patients with isolated infrarenal aortic atherosclerotic stenosis and to determine the clinical characteristics and midterm results of angioplasty and stenting.

Methods: Data from patients younger than 50 years with significant infrarenal aortic stenosis and at least 1 year of follow-up were prospectively collected. Patients with coexistent suprarenal or iliofemoral disease and Takayasu arteritis were excluded.

Predictors of early aortic neck dilatation after endovascular aneurysm repair with EndoAnchors.

Objective: Dilatation of the aorta within the proximal neck after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) can be associated with late endoleaks and migration. This study was designed to identify predictors of early neck dilation in patients undergoing EVAR with Heli-FX EndoAnchors (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, Calif) measured perioperatively to 1 year at different longitudinal levels of neck length.

Methods: The study group of Aneurysm Treatment Using the Heli-FX Aortic Securement System (ANCHOR) comprises 257 consecutive patients prospectively enrolled between April 2012 and September 2014 undergoing EVAR with Heli-FX EndoAnchor implantation at 38 investigational sites.

Early and Late Endograft Limb Proximal Migration with Resulting Type 1b Endoleak following an EVAR for Ruptured AAA.

. Seal zone failure after EVAR leads to type 1 endoleaks and increases the risk of delayed aortic rupture. Type 1b endoleaks, although rare, represent a true risk to the repair.

The Use of AngioVac for Symptomatic Aortic Thrombus Complicated by Mesenteric Ischemia.

Aortic thrombus complicated by mesenteric ischemia is a rare but rather challenging entity. With the recent advancements of endovascular techniques, there is a trend to replace the traditional open surgery with an endovascular approach. We report a patient with paravisceral aortic thrombus involving the celiac artery and superior mesenteric artery (SMA).

Radiation exposure in endovascular repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms.

Background: Endovascular aortic repair has become increasingly popular the last years for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) and thoracic aortic aneurysms. EVAR is less invasive compared with the classic open approach, related to a decreased immediate postoperative morbidity and mortality. Those beneficial characteristics of EVAR do not come without a cost, since EVAR requires that the patient will be exposed to a significant amount of radiation during preoperative planning, graft placement, and consecutive follow-up.