Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 537-544.e2 , March 2010

Five-year results for the Talent enhanced Low Profile System abdominal stent graft pivotal trial including early and long-term safety and efficacy

  • Irene C. Turnbull, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Frank J. Criado, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Intervention, Union Memorial Hospital-MedStar Health, Baltimore, Md
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  • Luis Sanchez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
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  • Mikel Sadek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Rajesh Malik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Sharif H. Ellozy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Michael L. Marin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Peter L. Faries, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Peter L. Faries, MD, FACS, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 5 E 98th St, Box 1273, New York, NY 10029

Received 12 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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    A, Kaplan-Meier analysis of freedom from all-cause mortality for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Talent enhanced Low Profile System (eLPS) stent graft. B, Kaplan-Meier analysis of freedo

    A, Kaplan-Meier analysis of freedom from all-cause mortality for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Talent enhanced Low Profile System (eLPS) stent graft. B, Kaplan-Meier analysis of freedom from aneurysm-related mortality for EVAR using the Talent eLPS stent graft. The error bars represent the 95% confidence interval.

  • Image Result
    The Talent enhanced Low Profile System (eLPS) stent graft differs from the previous Talent LPS stent graft in two respects: (1) it incorporates a new nitinol-component metal surface finish, and (2) it

    The Talent enhanced Low Profile System (eLPS) stent graft differs from the previous Talent LPS stent graft in two respects: (1) it incorporates a new nitinol-component metal surface finish, and (2) it has medial, not lateral, placement of the longitudinal connecting bar in the ipsilateral iliac limb.

 Competition of interest: Frank J. Criado, MD, Luis Sanchez, MD, Michael L. Marin, MD, and Peter L. Faries, MD, have been paid consulting fees by Medtronic, and Sharif H. Ellozy, MD, has received speaker honoraria from Medtronic.

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

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01927-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.039

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 537-544.e2 , March 2010

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