Radiofrequency in situ fenestration for aortic arch vessels during thoracic endovascular repair

LW Tse, TF Lindsay, G Roche-Nagle… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
… The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research,
authorship, and/or publication of this article: Leonard W. Tse receives research grants from …

The proximal landing zone in endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta

LW Tse, KS MacKenzie, B Montreuil, DI Obrand… - Annals of vascular …, 2004 - Springer
In this study we evaluated the relationship between the site of the proximal landing zone
during endovascular repair of thoracic aortic pathology and treatment outcomes. We reviewed …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing angulation decreases measured aortic stent graft pullout forces

…, MG Doyle, G Roche-Nagle, WT Leonard - Journal of Vascular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Experimentally measured pullout forces for stent grafts (SGs) are used in clinical
discussions and as reference values in bench studies and computer simulations. Previous …

Computational fluid dynamics evaluation of the cross-limb stent graft configuration for endovascular aneurysm repair

TLT Shek, LW Tse, A Nabovati… - Journal of …, 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The technique of crossing the limbs of bifurcated modular stent grafts for endovascular
aneurysm repair (EVAR) is often employed in the face of splayed aortic bifurcations to facilitate …

Thoracic aortic frontier: review of current applications and directions of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)

JJ Appoo, WT Leonard, ZI Pozeg, JK Wong… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair, a minimally invasive technique is replacing the maximally
invasive gold standard of thoracotomy and replacement of the descending thoracic aorta. …

[HTML][HTML] Early outcomes after elective and emergent endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta

VS Iyer, KS MacKenzie, WT Leonard… - Journal of vascular …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathology has emerged as a viable
alternative to open surgical repair in both the elective and emergent settings. The aim of …

Analysis of iliac artery geometric properties in fenestrated aortic stent graft rotation

…, E Osman, N Eisenberg, LW Tse… - Vascular and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: A complication of fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair is the potential for
stent graft rotation during deployment causing fenestration misalignment and branch artery …

Effects of pulsatile fatigue on in situ antegrade fenestrated polyester stent grafts deployed in a patient-specific phantom model of juxtarenal aortic aneurysm

…, G Roche-Nagle, G Cloutier, WT Leonard - Journal of Vascular and …, 2015 - Elsevier
… , Martin W. King PhD a b , Gilles Soulez MD, MSc c e , Kong T. Tan MD g , Sean A. Crawford
MD, MSc h , Graham Roche-Nagle MD, MBA e f h , Guy Cloutier PhD d , Leonard W. Tse MD…

Bridging stent-graft pullout force analysis

J Grenville, KT Tan, LW Tse… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To assess the pullout force (POF) of bridging stent-grafts used in thoracoabdominal
stent-grafts and iliac bifurcated grafts. Methods In an experimental setup, the POFs of …

Toothpick-induced aortoenteric fistula presenting as sepsis

E Liao, M Simons, WT Leonard… - Case Reports, 2017 - casereports.bmj.com
Aortoenteric fistulas (AEF) are a rare but life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal (GI)
bleeding. We present the case of a primary AEF caused by ingestion of a toothpick by a 47-year-…