Contributors.

Preface.

PART I – NATURAL HISTORY AND PREOPERATIVE PLANNING.

Chapter 1 – Etiology and pathogenesis of aortic disease - Bo Risberg and Lars Lönn.

Chapter 2 – Clinical consideration of aortic disease: atherosclerosis, aneurysm, dissection, and traumatic injury - Lars Lönn and Bo Risberg.

Chapter 3 – Thoracic aortic aneurysms: classification, incidence, etiology, natural history, and results - Hazim J. Safi.

Chapter 4 - Angiographic aortic anatomy and variants - Louis G. Martin.

Chapter 5 - Patient selection for thoracic endografts: today and tomorrow - Mark A. Farber.

Chapter 6 - Non-invasive aortic imaging modalities: CT, MRI, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) - Tae K. Song and Rodney A. White.

Chapter 7 - Preoperative imaging and device sizing in endovascular management of thoracic aortic aneurysms - Panagiotis Kougias, Hosam El Sayed, and Wei Zhou.

Chapter 8 - Intramural hematoma and penetrating ulcer - Michael D. Dake.

Chapter 9 - Patient follow-up and evaluation of abdominal and thoracic stent grafts - Jan D. Blankensteijn.

PART II – THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM.

Chapter 10 - Endovascular therapy of thoracic aneurysms: Gore TAG trial results - Jae-Sung Cho, Shan-e-ali Haider, and Michel S. Makaroun.

Chapter 11 - The Medtronic TALENT and VALIANT devices: moving toward the next generation of thoracic aortic stent grafts - Ron Fairman.

Chapter 12 - Early clinical experience with the Bolton Relay thoracic stent graft - Frank J. Criado.

Chapter 13 - Clinical results of the EUROSTAR thoracic registry - Peter Harris, Lina Leurs, Randolph Statius van Eps, and Jacob Buth.

Chapter 14 - Management of aortic aneurysms and dissections with the Zenith TX2 stent graft - W. Anthony Lee.

PART III – AORTIC DISSECTION AND TRAUMATIC AORTIC INJURY.

Chapter 15 - Aortic dissection: evaluation and management - choosing the right intervention - David M. Williams.

Chapter 16 - Aortic dissection: role of fenestration and stents in the endograft era - David M. Williams.

Chapter 17 - Blunt trauma to the thoracic aorta: current challenges - Kenneth L. Mattox, Cliff Whigham, Richard G. Fisher, and Matthew J. Wall, Jr.

Chapter 18 - Traumatic disruption of the aorta - Ross Milner, Karthik Kasirajan, and Elliot Chaikof.

Chapter 19 - Should endovascular repair be considered the standard treatment in traumatic thoracic aortic injury? - Peter H. Lin, Tam T. Huynh, and Eric K. Peden.

PART IV – TECHNIQUES, NEW DEVICES AND SURVEILLANCE.

Chapter 20 - Site-specific aortic endografting: case examples and discussion - the ascending aorta - Edward B. Diethrich.

Chapter 21 - Improved endograft fixation - a role for aortic endostapling? - Brian R. Hopkinson.

Chapter 22 - Treating smaller aneurysms: is there a rationale? - Kenneth Ouriel.

Chapter 23 - Management strategies, adjuncts and technical tips to facilitate endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms - Frank J. Veith, Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, & Evan C. Lipsitz.

Chapter 24 - Postoperative imaging surveillance and endoleak management after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms - S. William Stavropoulos and Jeffrey P. Carpenter.

Chapter 25 – Percutaneous repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with local anesthesia and conscious sedation - Zvonimir Krajcer, Neil Strickman, Ali Mortazavi and Kathryn Dougherty.

Chapter 26 – Endoleak management in the abdominal aorta - Jennifer L. Ash, Syed M. Hussain, Kim J. Hodgson.

Chapter 27 - Aneurysm sac pressure measurement with a pressure sensor in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair - Lisandro Carnero and Ross Milner.

Index