title: Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: our early experience.
abstract: Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) seems to hold the potential for decreased perioperative mortality and morbidity associated with the standard open repair by eliminating major surgical exposure of the aorta and prolonged aortic cross-clamping. After several years of FDA-approved clinical trials of multiple aortic-stented grafts, the FDA, in September 1999, approved two devices (the ANCURE and the AneuRx) for commercial use in the United States. We implanted the first device in the Tri-State area at the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) on Feb. 6, 2000, and this study reviews our early experiences with 15 patients utilizing these two devices at CAMC.
authors.affiliation: Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, Vascular Laboratory, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: AbuRahma
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hannay
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Deel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000401:mortality; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014903:West Virginia