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Epidural anesthesia and analgesia: effects on recovery from cardiac surgeryMary P Fillinger
Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon and Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 16:15-20. 2002..To measure predefined clinical effects resulting from the use of epidural anesthesia and analgesia during and after cardiac surgery...- Prediction of altered endograft path during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with the Gore ExcluderDavid R Whittaker
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 41:575-83. 2005..We developed an algorithm based on a tortuosity index that quantitates the risk and degree of shortening associated with endograft deployment... - Outcomes of renal artery angioplasty and stenting using low-profile systemsBrian W Nolan
Division of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 41:46-52. 2005..We evaluated the outcomes and complications of RAS performed by vascular surgeons at our institution with modern low-profile systems... - Restenosis in gold-coated renal artery stentsBrian W Nolan
Division of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 42:40-6. 2005..There is conflicting evidence regarding restenosis with gold-coated stents. To evaluate the effect of gold coating on restenosis after renal stenting, we reviewed the results of all patients undergoing RAS in our practice... - Mesenteric stenting for chronic mesenteric ischemiaDavid J Brown
Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Vasc Surg 42:268-74. 2005..Later open surgery can be performed for restenosis if nutritional status and surgical risk are improved, or repeat angioplasty and stenting can be effectively performed if operative risk remains high... - Who should we operate on and how do we decide: predicting rupture and survival in patients with aortic aneurysmMark Fillinger
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03750, USA
Semin Vasc Surg 20:121-7. 2007..Somehow, experienced surgeons are able to sift through a massive amount of information and properly select patients who are appropriate for surgery, with quite reasonable perioperative and long-term mortality rates... - Anatomic characteristics of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on conventional CT scans: Implications for rupture riskMark F Fillinger
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03750, USA
J Vasc Surg 39:1243-52. 2004.... - The long-term relationship of wall stress to the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms (finite element analysis and other methods)Mark Fillinger
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Vascular Surgery, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1085:22-8. 2006..This article summarizes our current work, future areas of investigation, and issues related to "translational" research for FEA of aortic aneurysms... - Prediction of rupture risk in abdominal aortic aneurysm during observation: wall stress versus diameterMark F Fillinger
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03750, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:724-32. 2003..The purpose of this study was to analyze rupture risk over time in patients under observation... - Comparison of embolization protection device-specific technical difficulties during carotid artery stentingRichard J Powell
Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 44:56-61. 2006..This study compares the technical difficulties encountered using these two types of EPD... - Outcomes of original and low-permeability Gore Excluder endoprosthesis for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairWilliam Tanski
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:243-9. 2007..We studied all AAA repairs with Excluder endografts performed at our institution, including the original-permeability (OP) version (n = 99) and the low-permeability (LP) version (n = 48)... - Three-dimensional analysis of enlarging aneurysms after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the Gore Excluder Pivotal clinical trialMark Fillinger
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 43:888-95. 2006..As part of the investigation into this issue, a morphologic analysis was performed on enlarging aneurysms in the Excluder Pivotal clinical trial... - Early results of carotid stent placement for treatment of extracranial carotid bifurcation occlusive diseaseRichard J Powell
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 39:1193-9. 2004..Most patients were selected for CAS if they had indications for endarterectomy (CEA) but were considered at high risk for surgery... - Commentary on "State-of-the-art imaging with 64-channel multidetector CT angiography"Mark Fillinger
Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 17:9-10. 2005 - Carotid body tumor: three-dimensional imagingMark Fillinger
Department of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:913. 2003 - Automated methodology for determination of stress distribution in human abdominal aortic aneurysmMadhavan L Raghavan
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Biomech Eng 127:868-71. 2005..By current estimates, peak stress in the aortic wall appears to be a better predictor of rupture than AAA diameter. Further use of our algorithm is ongoing on larger study populations to convincingly verify these findings... - Non-invasive determination of zero-pressure geometry of arterial aneurysmsM L Raghavan
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Ann Biomed Eng 34:1414-9. 2006..The methodology is demonstrated and validated using patient-specific AAA models... - The effect of endograft relining on sac expansion after endovascular aneurysm repair with the original-permeability Gore Excluder abdominal aortic aneurysm endoprosthesisPhilip P Goodney
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:686-93. 2007..We have studied these cases to determine the effect of relining on aneurysm expansion... - Clinical trial results of a modified gore excluder endograft: comparison with open repair and original device designJohn A Curci
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 21:328-38. 2007..Compared with open aneurysm repair, endoluminal repair with the m-EBE offers advantages in the reduction of early major adverse events while maintaining similar survival and rupture-free outcomes in the intermediate term... - The engineering of endovascular stent technology: a reviewDavid R Whittaker
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Vascular Surgery, Lebanon, NH, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 40:85-94. 2006..Subtle differences may have profound results. This review is designed to provide the reader with an overview of fundamental concepts that will aide the assessment of new technology... - In vivo analysis of mechanical wall stress and abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture riskMark F Fillinger
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03750, USA
J Vasc Surg 36:589-97. 2002.... - Life expectancy after endovascular versus open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: results of a decision analysis model on the basis of data from EUROSTARMarc L Schermerhorn
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 36:1112-20. 2002..We used decision analysis to examine the effect of these competing risks on quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) after ENDO and OPEN... - Internal iliac occlusion without coil embolization during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairMark C Wyers
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 36:1138-45. 2002..With detailed preoperative imaging and patient selection, IIA coil embolization may not be necessary in as many as two thirds of patients who need IIA occlusion... - Abdominal aortic aneurysm size regression after endovascular repair is endograft dependentDaniel J Bertges
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:716-23. 2003..However, by 2 years only endograft type was still an independent predictor of AAA shrinkage. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term morphologic changes after endovascular aneurysm repair depend on endograft type... - Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm without preoperative arteriographyMark C Wyers
Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 38:730-8. 2003..CT with 3-D CAMPS can effectively eliminate the need for preoperative arteriography and avert associated morbidity, expense, and exposure to contrast agent and radiation... - Prediction of early graft failure with intraoperative completion duplex ultrasound scanEva M Rzucidlo
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebannon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 36:975-81. 2002..When such values are observed, measures should be taken to improve graft hemodynamic parameters. Prospective study of infragenicular vein bypass grafts may better define hemodynamic parameters predictive of early graft thrombosis... - Elemental composition, morphology and mechanical properties of calcified deposits obtained from abdominal aortic aneurysmsSteven P Marra
Thayer School of Engineering, 8000 Cummings Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 8000, USA
Acta Biomater 2:515-20. 2006..Microscopy investigations show a variety of microstructures within the deposits. The mechanical property measurements indicate an average elastic modulus in the range of cortical bone and an average hardness similar to nickel and iron... - Early results of stent-grafting to treat diffuse aortoiliac occlusive diseaseEva M Rzucidlo
Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:1175-80. 2003..Concomitant common femoral endarterectomy or better assessment of femoral disease may improve durability... - Isolated dissection of the abdominal aorta: clinical presentation and therapeutic optionsAlik Farber
Section of Vascular Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Vasc Surg 36:205-10. 2002..Patients with ischemic symptoms and those with intractable pain need intervention, the nature of which should be based on risk profile and aortoiliac anatomy... - Early results of external iliac artery stenting combined with common femoral artery endarterectomyPeter R Nelson
Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:1107-13. 2002..This approach also allows a better interface between the stent and endarterectomy than staged preoperative stenting. Technical success and early patency rates are excellent... - Identifying and grading factors that modify the outcome of endovascular aortic aneurysm repairElliot L Chaikof
Ad Hoc Committee for Standardized Reporting Practices in Vascular Surgery of the Society for Vascular Surgery/American Association for Vascular Surgery
J Vasc Surg 35:1061-6. 2002 - Reporting standards for endovascular aortic aneurysm repairElliot L Chaikof
Emory University, 21639 Pierce Drive, Rm 5105, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:1048-60. 2002 - Elastic and rupture properties of porcine aortic tissue measured using inflation testingSteven P Marra
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 8000 Cummings Hall, Hanover, NH, 03755 8000, USA
Cardiovasc Eng 6:123-31. 2006....
Research Grants
- THE ROLE OF WALL STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN ABDOMINAL AORTICMark Fillinger; Fiscal Year: 2001..The results from this study will provide critical insight into the role of wall stresses during AAA disease progression and rupture, and may give clinicians a noninvasive tool to more ..