Τhe AFX unibody bifurcated unibody aortic endograft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: current evidence and future perspectives

E Georgakarakos, G Ioannidis… - Expert Review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: AFX is a bifurcated unibody aortic endograft for the treatment of Abdominal
Aortic aneurysms. It consists of an inner metallic endoskeleton with multiple metallic struts …

Haemodynamic analysis of branched endografts for complex aortic arch repair

S Sengupta, M Hamady, XY Xu - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to investigate the haemodynamic response induced by implantation of a
double-branched endograft used in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of the aortic …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular repair: profiling postimplantation morphometry and hemodynamics with image-based computational fluid dynamics

P Tasso, A Raptis, M Matsagkas… - Journal of …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has disseminated rapidly as an alternative to open
surgical repair for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), because of its …

[HTML][HTML] Endograft specific haemodynamics after endovascular aneurysm repair: flow characteristics of four stent graft systems

A Raptis, M Xenos, K Spanos, G Kouvelos… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives The implication of haemodynamics in the occurrence of complications after
endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been raised in the literature. Different aortic stent …

Computational comparison between the Altura aortic endograft configuration and the classic bifurcated idealized designs

E Georgakarakos, A Xenakis, GS Georgiadis - Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The Altura (Alt) endograft is a new design, lacking the classic main body with
the flow divider. Instead, 2 proximal D-shaped endografts form a round circumference in the …

Efficiently simulating an endograft deployment: a methodology for detailed CFD analyses

F Kyriakou, C Maclean, W Dempster… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Numerical models of endografts for the simulation of endovascular aneurysm repair are
increasingly important in the improvement of device designs and patient outcomes …

Regional assessment of vascular morphology and hemodynamics: methodology and evaluation for abdominal aortic aneurysms after endovascular repair

J Dottori, M Casciaro, D Craiem, S El-Batti… - Computer Methods in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a deadly disease that can be treated with different
endovascular devices that will distinctly alter the aortic morphology. Computational methods …

In-vitro particle image velocimetry assessment of the endovascular haemodynamic features distal of stent-grafts that are associated with development of limb …

SG Yazdi, PD Docherty, A Khanafer… - Journal of the Royal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aneurysms are common vascular diseases which affect normal haemodynamics in the
aorta. Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) using stent-grafts is a common treatment that …

Modeling and computational comparison of the displacement forces exerted between the AFX unibody aortic stent graft and its hybrid combination with a nitinol-based …

G Ioannidis, E Georgakarakos, A Raptis… - Annals of Vascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The bifurcated AFX (Endologix, Inc, Irvine, CA, USA) aortic stent-graft is the sole
unibody endograft for the management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). In order to …

The fluid-dynamics of endo vascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) system failure

F Battista, R Ficarelli, A Perrotta, P Gualtieri… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The main objective of this work is to investigate hemodynamics phenomena
occurring in EVAS (Endo Vascular Aneurysm Sealing), to understand if and how they could …