Preview of Volume 17, No. 6 / December 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR

Influence of Different Self-Expanding Stent-Graft Types on Remodeling of the Aortic Neck After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Alexander Oberhuber, MD; Alexander Schwarz; Martin H. Hoffmann, MD; Oliver Klass, MD; Karl-Heinz Orend, MD; and Bernd Mühling, MD     Ulm, Germany

Commentary: Aortic Neck Dilatation and Endograft Migration After EVAR

Ilias Dalainas, MD, PhD, and Konstantinos Xiromeritis, MD, PhD    Athens, Greece

Treatment of Type I Endoleak After Endovascular Repair of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Success of Fibrin Glue Sac Embolization

Qingsheng Lu, MD; Jiaxuan Feng, MD; Yang Yang; Bing Nie; Junmin Bao, MD; Zhiqing Zhao, MD; Xiang Feng, MD; Yifei Pei, MD; Liangxi Yuan, MD; Zhijun Mei, MD; Rui Feng, MD; and Zaiping Jing, MD   Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Conversion to Open Repair After Endografting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Review of Causes, Incidence, Results, and Surgical Techniques of Reconstruction

Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, MD; Ilias Dalainas, MD; Spyridon Mylonas, MD; Triantafillos G. Giannakopoulos, MD; Efthimios Avgerinos, MD; and Christos D. Liapis, MD    Athens, Greece

Commentary: Explantation of Abdominal Aortic Endografts: The Need for Training in Complex Aortic Repairs

Christopher J. Marrocco, MD, and Ruth L. Bush, MD, MPH    Temple, Texas, USA

Technical Tips for Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms With Challenging Infrarenal Neck Anatomy Using the Excluder Endoprosthesis

Maaz A. Ghouri, MD; Kathryn G. Dougherty, RN; Neil E. Strickman, MD; Ali Mortazavi, MD; and Zvonimir Krajcer, MD    Houston, Texas, USA

 

BELOW-THE-ANKLE INTERVENTIONS

Retrograde Transdorsal-to-Plantar or Transplantar-to-Dorsal Intraluminal Re-Entry Following Unsuccessful Subintimal Angioplasty for Below-the-Ankle Arterial Occlusion

Yue-Qi Zhu, MD, PhD; Jun-Gong Zhao, MD, PhD; Ming-Hua Li, MD, PhD; Fang Liu, MD; Jian-Bo Wang, MD, PhD; Ying-Sheng Cheng, MD, PhD; Jue Wang, MD; and Jie Li, MD   Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Commentary: What Goes Around Comes Around: The Role of Subintimal Foot Loop Technique for Limb Salvage

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD, and Giuseppe Sangiorgi, MD    Turin and Modena, Italy

ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY REVIEWS

Endograft Collapse After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Frederik H.W. Jonker, MD; Felix J.V. Schlosser, MD, PhD; Arnar Geirsson, MD; Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD; Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD; and Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD    New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Utrecht, The Netherlands

Commentary: Insights on the Prevention of Endograft Collapse After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Frederico Bastos Gonçalves, MD; Joost A. van Herwaarden, MD, PhD; and Hence J. M. Verhagen, MD, PhD    Rotterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands; Lisbon, Portugal

Commentary: Toward a Better Understanding of Endograft Collapse After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Germano Melissano, MD; Efrem Civilini, MD; Enrico Rinaldi, MD; and Roberto Chiesa, MD    Milan, Italy

THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR

An Externalized Transseptal Guidewire Technique to Facilitate Guidewire Stabilization and Stent-Graft Passage in the Aortic Arch

Tilo Kölbel, MD; Thomas Rostock, MD; Axel Larena-Avellaneda, MD; Hendrik Treede MD; Olaf Franzen, MD; and Eike Sebastian Debus, MD    Hamburg, Germany

Commentary: Wires Going for a Roller-Coaster Ride Through the Heart: Is This The Ultimate TEVAR Access Technique?

Frank J. Criado, MD Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure in a Dextropositioned Arch and Descending Aorta

Jerry Easo, MD; Philipp Hölzl, MD; Valentin Dikov, MD; Ajay Chavan, MD; and Otto Dapunt, MD   Oldenburg, Germany

Combined Retrograde Stent-Graft Placement and Surgical Repair for a Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection

Martin Rouer, MD; Jean-Marc Alsac, MD; Jérôme Jouan, MD; Eric Bruguière, MD; Paul Achouh, MD; Pierre Julia, MD; and Jean-Noël Fabiani, MD    Paris, France

Commentary: Hybrid Open and Endovascular Repair of Retrograde Type A Dissection

Marvin D. Atkins, Jr., MD    Temple, Texas, USA

Hybrid Treatment of a Ruptured Diverticulum of Kommerell

Jan Bosma, MD; Alexander D. Montauban van Swijndregt, MD, PhD; and Anco C. Vahl, MD, PhD    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

STENT DESIGN

Comparison of Second-Generation Stents for Application in the Superficial Femoral Artery: An In Vitro Evaluation Focusing on Stent Design

Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, MD; Philipp J. Schäfer, MD; Nikolas Charalambous, MD; Hiroshi Yagi; Martin Heller, MD; and Thomas Jahnke, MD    Flensburg and Kiel, Germany; Tokyo, Japan

EMBOLISM PROTECTION

Computational Modeling of Distal Protection Filters

Gail M. Siewiorek, PhD, and Ender A. Finol, PhD Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

EVAR at 20: The Unfolding of a Revolutionary New Technique That Changed Everything

Frank J. Criado, MD    Baltimore, Maryland, USA

LETTER TO THE EDITORS

Re: “Endovascular Treatment of Common Iliac Aneurysms Using the Bell-Bottom Technique.”

Mohan Adiseshiah, MS, FRCS, FRCP; Dee Boardley, RGN; Obiekieze Agu, MS, FRCS    London, UK

Reply: Giovanni Torsello, MD, PhD, and Konstantinos P. Donas, MD, PhD
Münster, Germany