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SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TriVascular, Inc. of Santa Rosa, California, announced today the first Canadian patients treated with its Ovation(TM) Abdominal Stent Graft. The innovative, ultra low profile (14F OD) system is designed to expand the patient population suitable for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) by addressing a wider range of diseased anatomy. Cherrie Abraham, MD, Vascular Surgery, McGill University, performed the first case in Canada at...
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the first system that can repair a failed or problematic aortic endograft, a fabric tube used to repair a dangerously large aortic aneurysm, a bulge in the large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090824/FDALOGO) FDA's action will provide surgeons with a minimally-invasive option for repair of aortic...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Medical scientists have for the first time identified a gene responsible for a fatal abdominal condition that afflicts tens of thousands of people across the world. An international team led by Matt Bown, a vascular surgeon from the University of Leicester, identified a single gene that is linked to the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms, AAAs. What is more, the team discovered that the gene, LRP1, was not linked to other cardiovascular diseases, suggesting...
Discovery paves way for new methods to treat aneurysms Medical scientists have for the first time identified a gene responsible for a fatal abdominal condition that afflicts tens of thousands of people across the world. An international team led by Matt Bown, a vascular surgeon from the University of Leicester, identified a single gene that is linked to the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). What is more, the team discovered that the gene, LRP1, was not linked to other...
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a stent graft system that provides patients with small arteries the option of less invasive surgery to repair their potentially life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090824/FDALOGO</font>) An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the part of the aorta that runs through the...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) take center stage at the upcoming 24th Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET), which brings together physicians, scientists, researchers and industry professionals working in the multidisciplinary field of peripheral and cardiac interventional medicine. The meeting will be held January 15-19, 2012 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, with...
CLEVELAND, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aortic pathologies such as aneurysms, arterial penetrating ulcers, intramural hematomas and dissections are potentially life-threatening since the aorta is the major artery that allows blood to leave the heart. Historically, the surgical treatment for aortic pathologies has been thoracotomy, repair or replacement of the thoracic aorta, which has a high rate of postoperative complications and a nearly 40 percent rate of mortality in emergency cases....
Clinicians from across disciplines set forth strategies to improve patient care, save lives Peripheral artery disease, or "PAD," is a common and dangerous condition that affects tens of millions of Americans -- often unknowingly -- and can restrict blood flow to the legs, kidneys or other vital organs. PAD, which remains underdiagnosed, is often a sign of a more widespread accumulation of fatty deposits in the heart, brain or legs and, if untreated, it is one of the most common causes of...
While the incidence of the life-threatening condition of aortic dissection is significantly higher than in the general population, it remains low among patients with the congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve; however, the incidence of aortic aneurysms is significantly high, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV; defect of the aortic valve that results in the formation of two flaps that open and close, instead of the normal three) is the...
Multi-institutional study reveals risk factor that doubles chance of developing silent killer Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain's King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic dissection. Now, scientists led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have found an association with a common genetic variant in the population that...
