Of all of the aortic segments, the aortic arch is the last frontier for endovascular treatment. The main difficulty for arch repair is the lack of an appropriate proximal landing zone of at least 2 to ...

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endospan, a pioneer in off-the-shelf, minimally invasive endovascular repair of Aortic Arch Disease comprising both aneurysms and dissections, today announced that it ...

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endospan, a pioneer in off-the-shelf endovascular repair of aortic arch disease was recently granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

A novel treatment developed by UCSF vascular surgeons has been used in a first-of-its-kind operation to repair a life-threatening aneurysm in the patient's aortic arch, which carries blood from ...

The Thoraflex Hybrid stented device for aortic arch repair by Terumo Aortic has earned Breakthrough Device Designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Joseph Coselli, professor, ...

We previously reported the enhancement of the aortic pressure wave reflection in patients with aortic coarctation after repair. 16 However, the study had two limitations. One was that some patients in ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

Future generations of aortic specialists will not only need to master endovascular techniques but also collectively work to preserve the open aortic skill set.

CryoLife, Inc. CRY announced the signing of a distribution and credit facility agreement with Israel-based endovascular stent graft system developer, Endospan. The alliance will add NEXUS (the only ...

Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection — one of the highest risk operations in cardiothoracic surgery. These new surgical techniques, ...

A 56-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heavy smoking, alcoholism, and a small abdominal aortic aneurysm developed a 10 cm sacular aneurysm arising from the ...