Advanced Endovascular Therapy of Aortic Disease

At last, years of clinical experience and the latest clinical evidence comes together in one comprehensive collection by world-renown experts at the Baylor College of Medicine. A complete and focused examination of all aspects of endovascular therapy of aortic disease, Advanced Endovascular Therapy provides you with all of the information you need on: Natural history and preoperative planning Thoracic aortic aneurysm Aortic dissection and traumatic aortic injury Techniques, new devices, and surveillance With 26 chapters skilfully organized into four main sections, this book helps you obtain the best results when using endovascular treatments for patients with aortic disease. Keep Advanced Endovascular Therapy close at hand for frequent reference.

Acknowledgments vii Contributors ix Preface xiii Part I Natural history and preoperative planning 1 Etiology and pathogenesis of aortic disease 3 Bo Risberg & Lars Lonn 2 Clinical consideration of aortic disease: atherosclerosis aneurysm dissection and traumatic injury 11 Lars Lonn & Bo Risberg 3 Thoracic aortic aneurysms: classification incidence etiology natural history and results 25 Hazim J. Safi 4 Angiographic aortic anatomy and variants 31 Louis G. Martin 5 Patient selection for thoracic endografts: today and tomorrow 41 Mark A. Farber 6 Noninvasive aortic imaging modalities: CT MRI intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) 45 Tae K. Song & Rodney A. White 7 Preoperative imaging and device sizing in endovascular management of thoracic aortic aneurysms 53 Panagiotis Kougias, Hosam El Sayed, & Wei Zhou 8 Intramural hematoma and penetrating ulcer 61 Michael D. Dake 9 Patient follow-up and evaluation of abdominal and thoracic stent grafts 65 Jan D. Blankensteijn Part II Thoracic aortic aneurysm 10 Endovascular therapy of thoracic aneurysms: Gore TAG trial results 75 Jae-Sung Cho, Shan-e-ali Haider, & Michel S. Makaroun 11 Medtronic TALENT and VALIANT devices: moving toward the next generation of thoracic aortic stent grafts 85 Ron Fairman 12 Early clinical experience with the Bolton Relay thoracic stent graft 91 Frank J. Criado 13 Clinical results of the EUROSTAR thoracic registry 95 Peter Harris, Lina Leurs, Randolph Statius van Eps, & Jacob Buth 14 Management of aortic aneurysms and dissections with the Zenith TX2 stent graft 105 W. Anthony Lee Part III Aortic dissection and traumatic aortic injury 15 Aortic dissection: evaluation and management—choosing the right intervention 117 David M. Williams 16 Aortic dissection: role of fenestration and stents in the endograft era 123 David M. Williams 17 Blunt trauma to the thoracic aorta: current challenges 127 Kenneth L. Mattox, Cliff Whigham, Richard G. Fisher, & Matthew J. Wall Jr. 18 Traumatic disruption of the aorta 135 Ross Milner, Karthik Kasirajan, & Elliot Chaikof 19 Should endovascular repair be considered the standard treatment in traumatic thoracic aortic injury? 141 Peter H. Lin, Tam T. Huynh, & Eric K. Peden Part IV Techniques new devices and surveillance 20 Site-specific aortic endografting: case examples and discussion—the ascending aorta 155 Edward B. Diethrich 21 Improved endograft fixation—a role for aortic endostapling? 169 Brian R. Hopkinson 22 Treating smaller aneurysms: is there a rationale? 175 Kenneth Ouriel 23 Management strategies adjuncts and technical tips to facilitate endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms 181 Frank J. Veith, Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, & Evan C. Lipsitz 24 Postoperative imaging surveillance and endoleak management after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms 187 S. William Stavropoulos & Jeffrey P. Carpenter 25 Percutaneous repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with local anesthesia and conscious sedation 193 Zvonimir Krajcer, Neil E. Strickman, Ali Mortazavi, & Kathryn Dougherty 26 Endoleak management in the abdominal aorta 199 Jennifer L. Ash, Syed M. Hussain, & Kim J. Hodgson 27 Aneurysm sac pressure measurement with a pressure sensor in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair 209 Lisandro Carnero & Ross Milner Index 217