Special sections

Special section on aortic interventions

Guest Editor, Prof. Ajay Chavan (Oldenburg/DE) put together a section on aortic intervetions for the special issue, with an aim to give readers a state-of-the-art overview of the topic.

The issue features review articles on endoluminal treatment of the aortic arch and of various aortic segments further distally, secondary endoleak management, the state-of-the-art imaging, open surgical options in case endoluminal therapy fails and many more.

Read the articles written by renowned experts in the field from around the world, featured in the December 2020 issue.

Introduction to the CVIR Special Section on Aorta

Ajay Chavan

State-of-the-Art Imaging of the Aorta with Respect to Endoluminal Intervention

Goetz Martin Richter

Various endoluminal approaches available for treating pathologies of the aortic arch
Muzaffar A. Anwar & Mohammad Hamady

Current Status of Endoluminal Treatment of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
A. Claire Watkins, Alex Dalal, Jason T. Lee & Michael D. Dake

Increasing Role of Fenestrated and Branched Endoluminal Techniques in the Thoracoabdominal Segment Including Supra- and Pararenal AAA
Eric L. G. Verhoeven, Pablo Marques de Marino & Athanasios Katsargyris

Endoluminal management of infra-renal aortic and aorto-iliac aneurysms
Andrew Holden & Andrew Hill

Role of Endoluminal Techniques in the Management of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection and Intramural Haematoma

Ajay Chavan, Osama Eldergash & Rohit Philip Thomas

Role of endoluminal techniques in the management of chronic type B aortic dissection
Konstantinos Spanos & Tilo Kölbel

Etiology, diagnosis and management aortitis
Sanjiv Sharma, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, Mumun Sinha & S. H. Chandrashekhara

Secondary endoleak management following TEVAR and EVAR

Seyed Ameli-Renani, Vyzantios Pavlidis & Robert A. Morgan

Late Open Conversion Following Failure of EVAR and TEVAR: “State of the Art”