Physician-Sponsored IDE for Talent Endoluminal Spring Graft System in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) offers certain advantages as compared to surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Known benefits associated with EVAR, as described in scientific literature, include minimally invasive procedure, shorter ICU and hospital stay, reduced blood loss, more rapid recovery, and reduced need for general anesthesia. Potential benefits that may be associated with use of the Talent device include reduced occurrence of endoleaks, therefore reduced subsequent re-interventions. The risks/complications known to occur to all patients undergoing AAA repair may include anesthetic complications, (e.g., aspiration), aneurysm enlargement, rupture, perforation or dissection, bleeding, arterial or venous thrombosis and/or pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, hematoma or coagulopathy, bowel complications, cardiac complications, (e.g., arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, hypotension, hypertension), embolization (micro and macro) with transient or permanent ischemia or infarction, genitourinary complications, infection, neurologic complications, occlusion of device or native vessel, pulmonary/respiratory complications and renal complications.