Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) effectively treats blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI), with acceptable long-term survival, low reintervention rates, and early diagnosis of manageable ...

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of a commercially available volume-expanding shape memory polymer for endovascular embolizatio ...

Despite improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic methods and an increased awareness of their clinical significance, abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) continue to be a major source of morbidity and ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) occurs in 5% of men and 1% of women over the age of 65. AAA rupture is fatal in 80%–90% of cases when pre-hospital deaths are included. Thus, elective repair should be ...

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is generally associated with lower periopertative morality than repair by open surgery and, accordingly, the use of endovascular procedures for ...

Nectero Therapeutics announced today a first-in-human (FIH) multicenter study evaluated treatment of small- to medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) with pentagalloylglucose (PGG) using its ...

An aortoenteric fistula is a rare but life threatening complication of aortic surgery requiring immediate surgical repair. Early symptoms include abdominal pain or vomiting blood. A fistula is an ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

In patients with ischemic stroke, endovascular treatment results in a higher rate of recanalization of the affected cerebral artery than systemic intravenous thrombolytic therapy. However, comparison ...

Trials of endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke have produced variable results. We conducted this study to test whether more advanced imaging selection, recently developed devices, and earlier ...