Endovascular Therapy for Complex Aortic Disease

Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are usually treated with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), which has become the standard of care in many hospitals for patients with suitable anatomy. Overall, the indications for endovascular management of AAA are expanding to include increasingly complex and anatomically challenging aneurysms. Ongoing studies and optimization of imaging, in addition to technological refinement of stent grafts, will hopefully continue to broaden the utilization of EVAR.

Target Audience

Cardiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, General Surgeons, Podiatrists, Primary Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians, General Internists, Nurse Practitioners and other interested specialists.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the indications and outcomes for the use of endovascular therapy for the treatment of complex aortic disease.
  • Assess the risks associated with the use of endovascular therapy to treat complex aortic disease and modifications to the clinical approach that can be used to mitigate these risks.
  • Recognize the limitations and potential expansion of future endovascular therapy to treat complex aortic disease.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Buck, D. B., Van Herwaarden, J. A., Schermerhorn, M. L., & Moll, F. L. (2014). Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 11(2), 112.

Related Topics

Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Online Series (Multiple Modules)
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute offers continuing medical education on the latest innovations in clinical care.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
Course opens: 
05/01/2018
Course expires: 
05/01/2019

Matthew J. Eagleton, M.D. 
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 

Matthew J. Eagleton, M.D., indicated that neither he nor his spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and he will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in his presentation or discussion.

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  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
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