These guidelines address the diagnosis and management of atherosclerotic, aneurysmal,
and thromboembolic peripheral arterial diseases (PADs). The clinical manifestations of PAD …

Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is evolving into a viable alternative to open
surgical repair for many patients with abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. Endoleak …

Purpose: Wide-ranging predictions have been made about the usefulness of endovascular
repair for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The availability of US Food and …

BACKGROUND: Initially, patients with a short angulated aortic neck were considered unfit
for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Recently, however, more liberal use of EVAR has …

Background Conventional management of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is by open
repair and is associated with a mortality rate of 2–6 per cent. Endovascular aneurysm repair …

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of the infrarenal neck length on clinical outcome after
endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). Methods: Data were analyzed from …

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms shows promising initial results.
Endoleaks represent one of the unique causes of endovascular repair failure not seen with …

OBJECTIVE: Open vascular surgical procedures have decreased since the advent of
endovascular repair. Advances in spinal fusion techniques and artificial disc replacement …

Background Structural alterations of aortic wall resulting from degradation of matrix proteins
by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) characterize abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). No …

Purpose: Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is reported to result in less
initial patient morbidity and a shorter hospital length of stay (LOS) when compared with …