TEVAR App Version 1.0 is a novel guide to thoracic endovascular aortic repair. It provides key information that is quick to access and easy to understand on currently-available stent grafts. It includes instructions for use, animations demonstrating the stent grafts’ deployment, troubleshooting information, size tables, radiopaque markers localization, stent graft and delivery system photos, chest X-rays and information on MR safety and compatibility. Furthermore, it contains the TEVAR Calculator, which assists you in planning stent-graft size according to individual aortic dimensions and oversizing factors. The TEVAR App is cost-free, and its development is not supported financially by any industry. It is a non-profit project that aims to educate and help physicians performing TEVARs.
The idea behind the TEVAR App arose at the Aortic Center – Heart Center Freiburg University and was encouraged by Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Martin Czerny, Matthias Siepe and Michael Südkamp. The TEVAR App’s development was financed by The Heart Center Freiburg University.
We would like to acknowledge Bolton Medical, Cook Medical, JOTEC GmbH, Medtronic and W. L. Gore & Associates for providing us with information on their products.
The software and design were developed by INTERAP GmbH & Co. KG. Kaiser-Joseph-Str. 267, 79098 Freiburg, Germany.
Bartosz Rylski, MD
Aortic Center
Heart Center Freiburg University
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
GERMANY