title: Early endovascular grafts at Montefiore Hospital and their effect on vascular surgery.
abstract: Vascular surgery is very fortunate. It recognized the transition from open surgery to endovascular procedures as treatments for vascular disease early enough to adapt as a specialty. As a result, most vascular surgeons in North America became competent with endovascular techniques, and the survival of the specialty was assured. The endovascular graft program at Montefiore Hospital played a major role in vascular surgery's early recognition of the importance of the endovascular revolution. This article will review the history of this early endovascular graft program and how it influenced the specialty.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University, New York, NY; Division of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: fjvmd@msn.com.
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cynamon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Claudio J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Schonholz
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Parodi
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000266:history; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D016730:Program Development; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000266:history; D015607:Stents / Q000266:history; D016896:Treatment Outcome