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Background To report the midterm results of elective endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in a multicenter, clinical unsponsored registry using the Gore Excluder endograft. Methods This study is a retrospective analysis of a multicenter, prospective registry that involved nine centers in Italy. Periodic...

Objective: Recently, a large genome-wide association study in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and control subjects identified nine loci associated with AAA. Besides the significant association of the rs1466535 single nucleotide polymorphism in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 gene (LRP1), two of eight...

Background Only anecdotal cases concerning primary stenting of thrombosed popliteal artery aneurysm (PAA) without a preoperative intra-arterial thrombolysis are reported. We report our series of 6 patients treated with this technique. Methods Six male patients, aged between 63 and 88, came to our attention in the last 10 years for acute limb...

Objective: The objective of this study was to report the 10-year outcomes of the multicenter Italian Excluder Registry for elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent elective EVAR using the Gore Excluder (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Ariz) endograft (EG) at four Italian...

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence and reasons for secondary procedures in patients treated with iliac branch devices (IBDs) for isolated iliac aneurysm or aortoiliac aneurysms involving the iliac bifurcation. Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2015, 575 surgical-high-risk patients (mean age 72.0±8.4 years; 558 men) with isolated iliac...