Questions about the long-term durability of EVAR
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 07 Veljača 2012 08:28
Let us not be under any illusions, what we have heard from Wyss and Schanzer are very
important data. I think healthcare commissioners who are looking for “value for money”
would be very interested in these data and there is a need to justify the long-term durability
from EVAR. The critics of EVAR will say, “I told you so,” and the endovascular evangelists
will say “These are old data, and old devices and we have gone through this learning curve.”
It is best to stick to the facts. Wyss’ paper shows that actually the explanation for “catch-up”
mortality is because of rupture. There were 27 ruptures in 848 EVAR procedures and that
does explain the late “catch-up” mortality. I think by dividing these patients into anatomical
issues i.e. top neck diameter, iliac diameter and neck length against failure of endovascular
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 07 Veljača 2012 08:30
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FAST-CAS: Does it combine the benefits of carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy?
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 03 Siječanj 2012 08:43
Randomised, controlled trials have shown that periprocedural rates of minor stroke are higher with carotid artery stenting than with endarterectomy. Also, diffusion-
weighted magnetic resonance imaging has shown that more silent new ischaemic brain
lesions develop after stenting as compared to endarterectomy. “However, carotid
endarterectomy is associated with a higher myocardial infarction rate (that impacts
significantly on four-year mortality) than carotid artery stenting. It is also associated
with significantly higher cranial nerve injury than stenting. In the CREST trial, these
injuries were motor and remained unresolved at six months in 2% of patients. There
is clear room for improvement for both carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy,”
Sumaira Macdonald, Newcastle, UK, told Interventional News.
Physicians at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, USA, enrolled their first patient in LEVANT 2, a global, multicentre, randomised clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Moxy drug-coated balloon for the treatment of peripheral
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 07 Veljača 2012 08:27
Co-investigators Sahil Parikh, Michael Cunningham and Vikram Kashyap, with UH Harrington-McLaughlin
Heart & Vascular Institute at UH Case Medical Center, were the first physicians to successfully implant the
device in a patient.
EVAR outside of the instructions for use is not a safe option
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 03 Siječanj 2012 08:44
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms outside manufacturer’s
instructions for use is associated with an unacceptable risk of proximal type I endoleak,
aneurysm-related and all-cause mortality, Jane Cross, University College Hospital,
London, UK, told delegates at the ESVS Annual Meeting.
CX St George’s Valve Technology Symposium
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- Objavljeno Nedjelja, 05 Veljača 2012 09:26
Dear colleague,
CX St George’s Valve Technology Symposium
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- Objavljeno Utorak, 03 Siječanj 2012 09:15
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