New endograft technologies target EVAR

Several new endografts awaiting FDA approval may soon offer interventionalists new tools for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

In a presentation given at the 2008 Vascular Annual Meeting in San Diego, Neal S. Cayne, MD, assistant professor of medicine at New York University Medical Center, brought attention to five different endovascular abdominal aortic stent grafts that are expected to improve on current graft technologies.

“Just as in the automobile industry when we progressed from a primitive T-car to a sports car, we are now progressing from our firs...
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Calendar
December 10, 2008
EUROECHO 12th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Echocardiography
Lyon, France
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December 7, 2008
Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions
Tel Aviv, Israel
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December 3, 2008
7th International Course on Carotid Angioplasty and Other Crebrovascular Interventions
Frankfurt, Germany
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In this issue: Cardiology Today's new design and content

Cardiovascular disease and its care have undergone tremendous change since we created Cardiology Today over a decade ago. To better accommodate this changing field we are pleased to announce several changes to the publication. This issue includes significant changes to the design and content of Cardiology Today, and many of these begin with the front cover: A crisp look with more white space. Top news from the five subspecialty areas in cardiovascular medicine, in addition to articles about practice management and quality care. A snapshot of recent...

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