March 2018
In this Supplement
Advancing Endovascular Options
New Endovascular Devices and Insights to Extend Aortic Treatment to More Patients.
Issue
Supplement
Early Experience Using the GORE® TAG® Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft With ACTIVE CONTROL System: Why It Is My Preferred TEVAR Device
A new TEVAR delivery system allows staged, predictable endograft deployment and in situ angulation control, while avoiding windsocking and bird-beaking.
By Giovanni B. Torsello, MD; Martin Austermann, MD; and Giovanni F. Torsello, MD, BA
Precision and Accuracy in the Distal Landing Zone
A case report demonstrating the precise deployment qualities of the GORE® TAG® Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft with ACTIVE CONTROL System.
By Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD; Sander ten Raa, MD, PhD; and Marie Josee van Rijn, MD, PhD
Early Results and Lessons Learned With the GORE® TAG® Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft With ACTIVE CONTROL System
Device-related factors that are designed to overcome the existing limitations in TEVAR.
By Dittmar Böckler, MD; Moritz S. Bischoff, MD; Vera Zipse, BSc; and Philipp Geisbüsch, MD
LSA Preservation During TEVAR: Insights From the International GREAT Registry
An overview of our experience with the Conformable GORE® TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis.
By Dennis R. Gable, MD; and William T. Brinkman, MD
Optimizing TEVAR Outcomes in Acute and Subacute Type B Aortic Dissections
Procedural planning and intraoperative techniques to increase the likelihood of success.
By Bruce Tjaden, MD; and Ali Azizzadeh, MD, FACS
advertisement
Top 5 Articles From March 2018
Abdominal Aortic Approaches
By Daniel G. Clair, MD; and Timothy A. Resch, MD, PhD
Ask the Experts: Does Treating Type II Endoleak and the Aneurysm Sac Make a Difference?
With Naiem Nassiri, MD, RPVI; Alan Dardik, MD, PhD; Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD; Stéphan Haulon, MD, PhD; Claire Watkins, MD; Dominique Fabre, MD; and Gustavo S. Oderich, MD
The Ovation Abdominal Stent Graft Creates a Patient-Specific EVAR Seal in a Variety of Anatomies
With Salem M. George Jr, MD, FACS; Venkatesh Ramaiah, MD, FACS; and Matt Thompson, MD, FRCS
What Constitutes a Compromised Aortic Neck in 2018?
Anatomic risk factors associated with an increased risk of proximal seal failure with standard EVAR in the era of device and technique advancement.
By Graeme McFarland, MD; and Jason T. Lee, MD
Nonfenestrated Options for Treating Compromised AAA Necks
How to overcome juxtarenal AAAs.
By Cornelis G. Vos, MD, PhD; Richte C.L. Schuurmann, MSc; and Jean-Paul P.M. de Vries, MD, PhD
Top 5 from CIToday's Current Issue
Trends in United States TAVR Practice
An update on where TAVR is going as the technology matures in the United States.
By John C. Messenger, MD
Worldwide Trends in TAVR
By Ted E. Feldman, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FESC; and Bernard Prendergast, BMedSci, BM BS, MRCP, DM, FRCP, FESC
Current Status and Expectations for Low-Risk TAVI Trials
An expert opinion on how current clinical trials will impact the future of TAVI procedures in low-risk patients.
With Marc Dweck, MD, PhD
Risk Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Understanding STS score, EuroSCORE, and frailty indices.
By Troels Højsgaard Jørgensen, MD; and Lars Søndergaard, MD, DMSc
Trends in European TAVI Practice
Current application of TAVI in Europe.
