Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 247-257.e3 , February 2008

International controlled clinical trial of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair with the Zenith TX2 endovascular graft: 1-year results

Presented at the Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, Md, Jun 7-10, 2007.

  • Jon S. Matsumura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 E Huron, Ste 10-105, Chicago, IL 60611.
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  • Richard P. Cambria, MD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
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  • Michael D. Dake, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va
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  • Randy D. Moore, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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  • Lars G. Svensson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Scott Snyder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MED Institute, West Lafayette, Ind.
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  • TX2 Clinical Trial Investigators

Received 8 June 2007 ,Accepted 18 October 2007.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Matsumura received research funding or consulting fees from Abbott Vascular, Bard, Cook Inc, Cordis, Ev3, W. L. Gore & Associates, and Medtronic. Dr Cambria has research support or consulting from Cook Inc, W. L. Gore & Associates, and Medtronic. Dr Dake has received consulting fees from W. L. Gore & Associates, Abbott Vascular Devices, Medtronic, AngioDynamics, Ev3 Inc, and research grants for clinical trial contracts (no personal remuneration other than expenses as part of conducting trial from Cook, Medtronic and W. L. Gore). Dr Moore received proctor fees from Cook Inc for device training. Dr Svensson received honoraria from Edwards and Medtronic. Dr Snyder is employed by MED Institute Inc, a Cook Group company.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01693-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.10.032

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 247-257.e3 , February 2008

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