PEARS Surgical Workshop delivered in Prague, Czech Republic

On 15 November 2019 an ExoVasc PEARS surgical workshop was held in Prague with presentations from four UK surgeons and Czech surgeons and cardiologists who are involved with the PEARS programme. Clinical data was presented as well as case reports on ExoVasc PEARS recipients. At the end of the workshop, a live questionnaire was run concerning various technical aspects of the manufacture and implantation of the ExoVasc.

Videos of the presentations are available in the Surgical Information section of this website.

PEARS presence at EACTS meeting

Exstent participated in the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, 3-5 October 2019. The company also had a stand at the associated exhibition.

 

7 News channel in Australia reports on the introduction of the ExoVasc PEARS procedure at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane

The 7 News channel in Australia reports on the introduction of the ExoVasc PEARS procedure at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane in which surgeon Olivia Williams describes the PEARS procedure as ‘one of the most important advancements to have occurred in cardiac surgery over the last couple of decades.’

You can watch the video by clicking on the image below.

Tal Golesworthy celebrates the 15th anniversary of receiving his ExoVasc® Personalised External Aortic Root Support

On Friday 24 May 2019, Tal Golesworthy celebrated the 15th anniversary of receiving his ExoVasc® Personalised External Aortic Root Support.

His aorta remains dimensionally stable and fully functional without aortic regurgitation, aortic dissection, aortic rupture, or the need for any form of drug intervention.

Since Tal’s implant in 2004, PEARS has successfully treated asymptomatic aortic dilation in 210 patients with Marfan Syndrome, Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and various other idiopathic diseases. There are 657 patient-years’ post-operative experience and four female patients have had five uneventful pregnancies and deliveries. PEARS surgery is offered by 23 surgical centres in Ireland, UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.

Tal marked the occasion with a lunch with some of the medical professionals involved in the PEARS project as well as members of the support team.

Presentations at the Australasian Thoracic Aortic Symposium

Two experienced PEARS surgeons led a surgical workshop ahead of the Australasian Thoracic Aortic Symposium in Melbourne, which was held 28 February to 2 March 2019.

Mr Conal Austin from the UK and Prof Adam El Gamel from New Zealand participated in the wet-lab session organised by Advanced Biomedical in Melbourne.

Both Conal Austin and Adam El Gamel spoke on their PEARS experience at the meeting and Tal Golesworthy also presented at the symposium.