Medtronic is encouraged by new data on endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm presented at the Charing Cross Symposium, including preliminary data from the ANCHOR registry on Endurant used in combination with the Heli-FX Endoanchor system. At the same meeting, 30-day results from 100 patients in the pivotal trial of Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system showed high rates of procedural success in patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.
• Source: Medtronic PLC
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