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Long-term outcomes after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: the first decadeDavid C Brewster
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Surg 244:426-38. 2006..The proper role of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) remains controversial, largely due to uncertain late results. We reviewed a 12-year experience with EVAR to document late outcomes...
Guidelines for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Report of a subcommittee of the Joint Council of the American Association for Vascular Surgery and Society for Vascular SurgeryDavid C Brewster
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:1106-17. 2003..Until long-term outcome of endoluminal repair is better defined and results of randomized trials available, the choice between endovascular and open repair will continue to rely heavily on patient preference...- Endovascular stent-graft in abdominal aortic aneurysms: the relationship between patent vessels that arise from the aneurysmal sac and early endoleakC M Fan
Division of Vascular Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Gray 290, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Radiology 218:176-82. 2001..To determine the association of patent sac branch vessels (lumbar and inferior mesenteric arteries [IMAs]) with early endoleak rate after stent-graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)... - Hospital costs for elective endovascular and surgical repairs of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysmsJ L Bosch
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Zero Emerson Pl, Suite 2H, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Radiology 220:492-7. 2001..To determine and compare the average in-hospital costs of elective open surgical and endovascular repairs of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms... - Aorto-uni-iliac endograft for complex aortoiliac aneurysms compared with tube/bifurcation endografts: results of the EVT/Guidant trialsW S Moore
Division of Vascular Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
J Vasc Surg 33:S11-20. 2001.... - Contemporary management of aortic branch compromise resulting from acute aortic dissectionS R Lauterbach
Division of Vascular Surgery and the Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 33:1185-92. 2001..Increased awareness and prompt, specific management of PVCs, in particular when visceral ischemia is present, have contributed to improved outcomes in patients with AD... - Regression of perianeurysmal fibrosis and ureteral dilation following endovascular repair of inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysmT F Rehring
Division of Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 15:591-3. 2001.... - Early outcomes of endovascular versus open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Private Sector (NSQIP-PS)Hong T Hua
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, WAC 458, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 41:382-9. 2005..This study was designed to compare early outcomes of open (OPEN) versus EVAR in a contemporary (2000 to 2003) large, multicenter prospective cohort... - Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairJ Mark Riddell
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02214, USA
Int Anesthesiol Clin 43:79-91. 2005 - Carotid endarterectomy at the millennium: what interventional therapy must matchGlenn M LaMuraglia
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
Ann Surg 240:535-44; discussion 544-6. 2004..As interventional techniques are emerging for treatment of this disease, this study was undertaken to provide a contemporary surgical standard for comparison to carotid stenting... - Determinants of carotid endarterectomy anatomic durability: effects of serum lipids and lipid-lowering drugsGlenn M LaMuraglia
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 41:762-8. 2005..The unique findings of the significant, beneficial effects of lipid-lowering drugs on both early and late CEA anatomic durability and patient survival indicate that such therapy should be instituted in most patients after CEA... - Safety and efficacy of reoperative carotid endarterectomy: a 14-year experienceMichael C Stoner
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 41:942-9. 2005..These data do not support the contention that patients who require reoperative CEA constitute a "high-risk" subgroup in whom reoperative therapy should be avoided... - Stent-graft versus open-surgical repair of the thoracic aorta: mid-term resultsDavid H Stone
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and the Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 44:1188-97. 2006..Reinterventions were required at a nearly identical rate for open repair and SG, and both groups experienced similar rates of spinal cord ischemic complications... - Surgical revascularization versus endovascular therapy for chronic mesenteric ischemia: a comparative experienceMarvin D Atkins
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:1162-71. 2007..The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes of PTA/Stent vs OR in patients with symptomatic CMI... - Persistent type 2 endoleak after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with adverse late outcomesJohn E Jones
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02144, USA
J Vasc Surg 46:1-8. 2007..Type 2 endoleak occurs in up to 20% of patients after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), but its long-term significance is debated. We reviewed our experience to evaluate late outcomes associated with type 2 endoleak... - Long-term durability of open abdominal aortic aneurysm repairMark F Conrad
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 46:669-75. 2007..Although focus on EVAR reintervention has been intense, few contemporary studies document late outcomes after open repair; this was the goal of this study... - Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a kidney transplant patient with 4-year follow-upKamran Khanmoradi
Surgery 136:103. 2004 - Multicenter pivotal trial results of the Lifepath System for endovascular aortic aneurysm repairJeffrey P Carpenter
Hospital of the University of Pennyslvania, 4 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Vasc Surg 39:34-43. 2004..This study was undertaken to assess the results of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair with the Lifepath abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) graft system... 
Outcomes following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR): an anatomic and device-specific analysisThomas A Abbruzzese
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 48:19-28. 2008..In addition, the impact of performing EVAR both within and outside of specific instructions for use (IFU) for each device was examined...- Clinical failures of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: incidence, causes, and managementJeffery B Dattilo
Division of Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, One Hawthorne Place, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:1137-44. 2002..These results emphasize that endovascular repair provides good results and many benefits for most properly selected patients but is not as durable as standard open repair... - Evolving experience with thoracic aortic stent graft repairRichard P Cambria
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:1129-36. 2002..L. Gore Co, Flagstaff, Ariz; 14 cases)... - Abdominal aortic aneurysms: cost-effectiveness of elective endovascular and open surgical repairJohanna L Bosch
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Zero Emerson Pl, Suite 2H, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Radiology 225:337-44. 2002..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of elective endovascular and open surgical repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) by taking into account short- and long-term outcomes... - Late aortic and graft-related events after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repairW Darrin Clouse
Divisions of Vascular Surgery and Vascular Anesthesia and the Thoracic Aortic Center, Surgical and Anesthesia Services, and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
J Vasc Surg 37:254-61. 2003..These findings verify the anatomic durability of TAA repair and suggest indefinite aortic surveillance is indicated for those at risk of events... - A multicenter controlled clinical trial of open versus endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysmJon S Matsumura
Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:262-71. 2003..The device is a modular bifurcated system with nitinol/expanded polytetrafluoroethylene components and a smaller profile than currently approved devices... - Renal perfusion defects after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysmsJason R Harris
Department of Vascular Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 14:329-33. 2003..To determine the prevalence of new renal perfusion defects and the association of these events with aneurysm neck atheroma during endovascular stent-graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)... - Durability of aortouniiliac endografting with femorofemoral crossover: 4-year experience in the Evt/Guidant trialsW Darrin Clouse
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:1142-9. 2003..In most patients this endovascular option provides satisfactory mid-term results... - Do current results of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair justify more widespread use?David C Brewster
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, One Hawthorne Place, Suite 111, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Surgery 131:363-7. 2002 - Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm after endovascular repairVictor M Bernhard
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago School of Medicine, SBRI 1555, MC 5028, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Vasc Surg 35:1155-62. 2002..The outcome of postendograft aneurysm rupture is similar to that of rupture without prior endograft therapy... - Five-year report of a multicenter controlled clinical trial of open versus endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysmsBrian G Peterson
Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:885-90. 2007..Compare long-term results of endovascular treatment and standard open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in a multicenter, concurrent-controlled trial... - Intermediate results of percutaneous endovascular therapy of femoropopliteal occlusive disease: a contemporary seriesMark Frederick Conrad
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Vasc Surg 44:762-9. 2006.... - Abdominal aortic aneurysms: when and how to treatDavid C Brewster
Health News 8:1-2. 2002 - Graft-enteric erosion with fungal septic emboliW Darrin Clouse
Division of Vascular Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, USA
J Vasc Surg 43:184. 2006 - Contemporary results of angioplasty-based infrainguinal percutaneous interventionsJames H Black
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
J Vasc Surg 42:932-9. 2005..PTA will become the initial treatment for most patients requiring lower-extremity revascularization... - Surgical management of popliteal artery embolism at the turn of the millenniumChandrajit P Raut
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 18:79-85. 2004..Completion angiography should be performed to ensure adequacy of the embolectomy. Outcomes are unchanged. Future therapies should aim to improve limb salvage and mortality rates... - Preservation of renal function with surgical revascularization in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular diseaseLuke K Marone
Massachessetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Vasc Surg 39:322-9. 2004..These results may facilitate clinical decision making in the application of RAR for renal function salvage...