Initial Clinical Experience with the Endologix AFX Unibody Stent Graft System for Treating Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Case Controlled Comparative Study.

Purpose: The newly designed unibody AFX endograft system for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair is the only graft with anatomical fixation to the aortic bifurcation in comparison to most other grafts that use the infrarenal neck as the main fixation point. The aim of this study was to assess the preliminary results of the AFX stent-graft system used with infrarenal aortic component and compare them with those obtained in patients treated with a well established endograft of the same material and pure infrarenal fixation as the Gore Excluder.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from March 2014 to December 2014 identified 10 elective abdominal aortic aneurysm patients treated with the AFX endograft, in comparison to a matched group of 20 patients treated with the Excluder stent-graft.

Relationship between normal preoperative white blood cell count and major adverse events after endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm: results of a pilot study.

Study Objective: To examine the association between preoperative white blood cell (WBC) count within the reference range and major adverse events (MAEs) following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Vascular surgery clinic in a tertiary university hospital.

The effect of increasing operator experience on procedure-related characteristics in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting.

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of carotid artery stenting for the treatment of severe carotid artery disease in our department and to investigate the effect of increasing operator experience on perioperative and procedure-related characteristics. Methods From January 2007 to February 2015 200 patients underwent 207 endovascular procedures for carotid artery stenosis. Of all, 113 arteries (56.

Endovascular repair of blunt axillo-subclavian arterial injuries as the first line treatment.

Aim: To report and analyse our results regarding the endovascular management of blunt axillo-subclavian arterial injuries as the first line treatment.

Methods: During an eight-year period, seven patients (mean age 56.4±14.

Platelet activation after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Aim: To investigate the effect of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) on platelet (PLT) function and reveal possible associated factors.

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients were included. PLT count and activation (CD62P-CD36), white blood cell (WBC) count, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured preoperatively, at the first and third postoperative day.