Suprarenal stents and other advances in endovascular aneurysm repair.
The history of endovascular aneurysm repair has already passed through its phases of "endoexuberance" and "endoscepticism" and there is now a balanced and broad understanding of the technology,its limits and advantages. Current endovascular technique and stent-graft design is the refinement of the accumulated endovascular experience til now. It is important to make note of these technological features incorporated in current stent-grafts and the clinical experience that precipitated their introduction as the technology progresses and new applications are proposed.
Chuter
Timothy A M
TA
Division of Vascular Surgery, UCSF, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-488, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. chutert@surgery.ucsf.edu
Howell
Benjamin A
BA
D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents