Current Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is one of the leading causes
of death. The risk of rupture has been a controversial topic for
years and only recently have population-based studies provided better
evidence for clinical management.

This book includes material by an internationally renowned group of
authorities directed by a prominent vascular surgeon at Mayo Clinic.
The contents represent a well-balanced clinical endovascular approach
to the exciting area of vascular medicine and surgery.

“We are living in a period of exciting transformation. The message
for anyone interested in the treatment of vascular disease is to
embrace the new endovascular techniques ? learn them and improve
them. This is the beginning of a new era.” A. G. Hakaim

About the Authors
- Dr. Albert G. Hakaim, MD, FACS. Associate Professor of Surgery,
Director of Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Foundation






PART 1. Preoperative and operative considerations

1. Long-term outcome following open repair of abdominal aortic
aneurysms
2. Durability of endovascular repair of infrarenal aortiliac
aneurysms: what lessons have been learned?
3. Imaging techniques and protocols for endovascular reapir of
abdominal aortic aneurysms
4. Essential operating room equipment, personnel and catheter
inventory for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
5. Essential interventional suite design, equipment and personnel for
endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
6. Diagnosis, management and prevention of atheroembolization and
contrast media-induced renal insufficiency during endovascular repair
of abdominal aortic aneurysms
7. Anesthetic management for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic
aneurysms

Part 2. Commercially available stent graft systems

8. Commercially available endovascular stent grafts
9. Ancure endograft
10. AnuRx stent graft system
11. Excluder bifurcated endoprosthesis system
12. Zenith AAA endovascular graft
13. PowerLink stent graft system
Part 3. Investigational stent graft devices
14. Lifepath AAA bifurcated graft system
15. Talent LPS endoluminal stent graft
16. Balloon-expandable stent and polytef-based endograft for repair
of complex and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
17. Custom Dacron-stainless steel stent grafts

Part 4. Intraoperative ancillary procedures

18. Use of intravascular unltrasonography in endovascular intervention
19. Intentional occlusion of the internal illiac artery to facilitate
endovascular repair of aortoilliac aneurysms
20. Arterial access for endovascular aneurysm repair
21. Ancillary interventions to provide proxinal and distal endograft
fixation
22. Prevention, diagnosis and management of endoleaks

Part 5. Appendix

Reporting standards for endovascualr anuerysm repair