Introduction Endovascular repair has become the first treatment option in most patients with abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. Prospective randomized studies have shown that endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is associated with lower morbidity, mortality, blood loss, and earlier recovery compared…
Mesenteric Arterial Disease Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is an uncommon disorder, accounting for fewer than 1 per 100,000 hospital admissions in the United States. Since the first successful mesenteric endarterectomy by Shaw and Maynard in 1958, techniques of revascularization have…
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is caused most often by ostial atherosclerotic disease. The typical patient is female, with median age of 65 years old. Most studies quote a 3:1 or 4:1 female-to-male ratio, with age ranging from 40 to 90 years…
Treatment of carotid fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) in the past has been open graduated rigid carotid dilatation for symptomatic stenoses or segmental resection with saphenous vein interposition for aneurysms. The results of contemporary open surgical reports have shown the risk of…