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
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
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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
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
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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
COMMENTARY: Effect of Graft Fabric on Pulse Wave Velocity Following
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Mohamed F. Abdelhamid, MBBCh (Hon), MSc, MRCSEd
London, UK
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