Celebrating 20 Years T C

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 6
DECEMBER 2014
Celebrating 20 Years
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
LOWER LIMB INTERVENTIONS
Heparin-Bonded Stent-Graft for the Treatment of TASC II C and D Femoropopliteal
Lesions: The Viabahn-25 cm Trial
Thomas Zeller, MD; Patrick Peeters, MD; Marc Bosiers, MD; Johannes Lammer
MD; Klaus Brechtel, MD; Dierk Scheinert, MD; Aljoscha Rastan, MD; Elias
Noory, MD; and Ulrich Beschorner, MD Bad Krozingen, Tübingen, and Leipzig,
Germany; Bonheiden and Dendermonde, Belgium
Antegrade Pedal Approach for Recanalizing Occlusions in the Opposing
Circulatory Pathway of the Foot When a Retrograde Puncture Is Not Possible
Luis Mariano Palena, MD, and Marco Manzi, MD
Abano Terme, Italy
COMMENTARY: Another Back Door to the Endovascular Future: An Antegrade Pedal
Approach for Retrograde Revascularization
Yoshihisa Shimada, MD, PhD
Osaka, Japan
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VASCULAR ACCESS
Safety and Effectiveness of a Novel Vascular Closure Device: A Prospective Study
of the ExoSeal Compared to the Angio-Seal and ProGlide
Kaffer Kara, MD; Amir A. Mahabadi, MD; Hanna Rothe; Patrick Müller, MD; Jan
Krüger, MD; Horst Neubauer, MD; Oliver Klein-Wiele, MD; Andreas Mügge, MD;
Philipp Kahlert, MD; and Raimund Erbel, MD Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, and
Witten, Germany
THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL ENDOVASCULAR REPAIRS
Visceral Branch Occlusion Following Aneurysm Repair Using Multibranched
Thoracoabdominal Stent-Grafts
Dhanakom Premprabha, MD; Julia Sobel, BS; Chris Pua, PhD; Karen Chong,
BS; Linda M. Reilly, MD; Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM; and Jade S. Hiramoto, MD,
MAS Hat Yai, Thailand; San Francisco, California, USA
Aortic Hemodynamics After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair, With Particular
Attention to the Bird-Beak Configuration
Guido H. W. van Bogerijen, MD; Ferdinando Auricchio, PhD; Michele Conti, PhD;
Adrien Lefieux; Alessandro Reali, PhD; Alessandro Veneziani, PhD; Jip L.
Tolenaar, MD, PhD; Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD; Vincenzo Rampoldi, MD; and Santi
Trimarchi, MD, PhD
Milan and, Italy; Utrecht, The Netherlands; Atlanta,
Georgia, USA
COMMENTARY: The Bird-Beak Stent-Graft Configuration: The End of Aortic Arch
Endograft Collapse?
Salvatore Pasta, PhD; Giuseppe Maria Raffa, MD; Giuseppe D’Ancona, MD,
PhD; and Michele Pilato, MD
Palermo, Italy; Berlin, Germany
Transseptal Ascending Aortic Access Facilitates Transcatheter Embolization of
Proximal Type I Endoleak Associated With Bird-Beak Configuration of an
Endograft in the Proximal Aortic Arch
George Joseph, DM; Sujith Thomas Chacko, DM; Edwin Stephen, MS; and
Elizabeth Joseph, DNB
Vellore, India
COMMENTARY: Transseptal Salvation of a Leaking Thoracic Stent-Graft: “HeartWiring” a Path to the Aortic Arch
Tilo Kölbel, MD, PhD
Hamburg, Germany
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How Does the Multilayer Flow Modulator Work? The Science Behind the
Technical Innovation
Sherif Sultan, MD, FRCSI, FRCS, FEBVS; Niamh Hynes, MB BCh, MMSc, MD,
MRCS; Edel P. Kavanagh, PhD; and Edward B. Diethrich, MD Galway, Ireland;
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIRS
Graft Inflow Stenosis Induced by the Inflatable Ring Fixation Mechanism of the
Ovation Stent-Graft System: Hemodynamic and Clinical Implications
Christos V. Ioannou, MD, PhD; Nikolaos Kontopodis, MD; Eleni Metaxa, PhD;
Yannis Papaharilaou, PhD; Efstratios Georgakarakos, MD, PhD; Alexandros
Kafetzakis, MD; Elias Kehagias, MD; and Dimitrios Tsetis, MD, PhD Heraklion,
Crete, and Alexandroupolis, Greece
COMMENTARY: Implications of Ovation’s Unique Sealing Mechanism
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, MD, PhD, MSc, FEBVS; Spyridon N. Mylonas, MD,
MSc; John Kakisis, MD, PhD, FEBVS; and Spyros N. Vasdekis, MD, PhD
Athens, Greece
Midterm Results of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Using the Endurant StentGraft According to the Instructions for Use vs. Off-Label Conditions
Nicola Troisi, MD; Giovanni Torsello, MD; Kristin Weiss, MD; Konstantinos P.
Donas, MD, PhD; Stefano Michelagnoli, MD; and Martin Austermann, MD
Florence, Italy; Münster, Germany
COMMENTARY: Midterm Endurant Results Place More Confidence in Off-Label Use
for EVAR
Gregory A. Stanley, MD Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Differential Effects of Stent-Graft Fabrics on Arterial Stiffness in Patients
Undergoing Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Nikolaos P.E. Kadoglou, MD, PhD; Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, MD, PhD, MSc,
FEBVS; Ioannis Papadakis, MD; Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD; Maria Alepaki,
BSc; Aris Spathis, PhD; Petros Karakitsos, MD, PhD; John Lekakis, MD; and
Christos D. Liapis, MD, PhD, FEBVS
Athens, Greece
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COMMENTARY: Effect of Graft Fabric on Pulse Wave Velocity Following
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Mohamed F. Abdelhamid, MBBCh (Hon), MSc, MRCSEd
London, UK
Infective Etiology Affects Outcomes of Late Open Conversion After Failed EVAR
Danilo Menna, MD; Laura Capoccia, MD, PhD; Pasqualino Sirignano, MD;
Andrea Esposito, MD; Massimo Rossi, MD; and Francesco Speziale, MD Rome,
Italy
CAROTID ARTERY INTERVENTIONS
Flow-Independent Dynamics in Aneurysms: Intra-aneurysm Pressure Measurements
Following Complete Flow Cessation in Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms
Adnan I. Qureshi, MD; Mushtaq H. Qureshi, MD; Tanya Mohindroo, MD; Asif A.
Khan, MD; Kayla Dingmann, RN; Gregory T. Sherr, MD; and M. Fareed K. Suri,
MD St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA