Koji Sasaki, Masato Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Gentsu, Ryota Kawasaki, Naokazu Miyamoto, Kensuke Uotani, Noriaki Sakamoto, Tetsuya Fukuda, Hiroki Horinouchi, Takanori Taniguchi, Takeki Mori, Yojiro Koda, Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kenji Okada, Toshitaka Watanabe, Taro Hayashi, Yoshikatsu Nomura, Keigo Matsushiro, Eisuke Ueshima, Takuya Okada, Koji Sugimoto, Takamichi Murakami
PURPOSE: The occurrence of endoleaks, particularly type 2 endoleaks (EL2), is the primary cause of poor long-term prognosis after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of preemptive transcatheter arterial embolization (P-TAE) for aortic side branches (ASBs) to prevent EL2 before EVAR using the Excluder stent-graft system (EXCLUDER). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective, multicenter study, 80 patients (mean age, 79...
March 11, 2024: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: JVIR