Endovascular Attic Repair

Epub 2018 jun 7.

Endovascular attic repair.

Experts in endovascular repair at ucla aortic center. The aorta is your body s largest artery. National trends of thoracic endovascular aortic repair versus open repair in blunt thoracic aortic injury. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair tevar is a procedure to treat an aneurysm in the upper part of your aorta.

Endovascular repair for abdominal aortic disease evar thoracic aortic disease tevar cedars sinai s aortic program has offered this approach since 2005. An aortic aneurysm is when a part of this artery becomes too large or balloons outward. Endovascular grafting is a minimally invasive method to treat an aortic aneurysm. Endovascular aneurysm repair evar is a type of minimally invasive endovascular surgery used to treat pathology of the aorta most commonly an abdominal aortic aneurysm aaa.

Endovascular repair is a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery. Endovascular aneurysm repair evar endovascular graft treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms aaa requires precise imaging and careful planning. Instead surgeons use a catheter based technique that allows them to fix your aorta from the inside out with the help of special x ray technology. Our experts have access to progressive future generation stent grafts allowing repair of most complex aortic pathologies using a minimally invasive approach.

The stent reinforced grafts are usually placed through the femoral arteries in the groin and positioned inside the. The aorta is the large artery that carries blood to your belly pelvis and legs. The application of thoracic endovascular aortic repair tevar has dramatically changed the treatment paradigm for aortic disease of the thoracic aorta. When used to treat thoracic aortic disease the procedure is then specifically termed tevar for thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.

An aneurysm is a weak bulging area in the aorta wall. It does not require a large incision. If it bursts ruptures it can be deadly. This is called an aneurysm.

Fenestrated endovascular aortic repair also known as fevar is a minimally invasive procedure that allows surgeons to repair the aorta through small incisions in your groin and or arms while still preserving blood flow to the critical branch arteries to your kidneys and other organs. Tevar is typically better tolerated by a more elderly and unwell patient cohort due to less invasive nature of stent grafting which obviates the need for thoracotomy cardiopulmonary bypass.