The aortic arch has long been considered the final frontier of endovascular therapy. The pace of innovation has accelerated ...

In patients with acute damage to the descending thoracic aorta, endovascular repair is associated with lower short- and long-term mortality compared with traditional open repair, according to a small ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — After 11 years of follow-up, patients with uncomplicated type B acute aortic dissection who had thoracic endovascular aortic repair had better survival rates than patients managed ...

Dr Vijayant Devenraj, senior CTVS consultant at the Apollomedics hospital said the minimal invasive procedure (TEVAR- Thoracic EndoVascular Aortic Repair) was performed for life threatening (impending ...

African-American patients are at higher risk of death and complications after surgical thoracic aortic aneurysm repair compared with whites, largely because blacks are more likely to undergo the ...

The purpose was to review outcome data following endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta from reports published between 1994 and 2004. To accomplish this task, 1,518 patients underwent ...

W.L. Gore and Associates announced it has received FDA approval for a thoracic stent graft with a new delivery system used for thoracic endovascular aortic repair procedures. The stent graft and ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the first patient implant of the GORE® TAG® Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft with ACTIVE CONTROL System after ...

Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm has become an important treatment modality in patients who are at increased risk for open surgical repair. Since the US Food and Drug Administration ...