Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data indicate that the use of endovascular revascularization for peripheral artery disease increased nearly ...

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a minimally invasive surgery that may be used for aortic aneurysms. It involves placing a stent into the aorta to prevent a life threatening aneurysm rupture.

How do the long-term results of endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms compare with open surgical procedures? The study authors conducted a randomized trial in 37 UK hospitals. A total of 1252 ...

Hospitals performing a higher annual volume of lower-extremity endovascular interventions have better in-hospital outcomes, fewer complications, and lower hospitalization costs than those with lower ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary ...

How does endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) compare with open repair? In this paper, published in Surgery, [1] the authors summarize and compare reports based on data in the ...

Investigators led by John Rose, MD, MPH, of the University of California, San Diego (San Diego, CA), looked at data for 43,385 EVAR procedures and 27,561 open repairs extracted from the Nationwide ...

Small leakages from blood vessels in the brain, known as microbleeds, increase with age and are associated with cognitive decline. Of 84 older patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...

A paclitaxel-coated balloon is superior to an uncoated balloon for the composite end point of target lesion failure among patients undergoing coronary angioplasty for in-stent restenosis, according to ...