Table 3 Characteristics of the most commonly used endografts for rAAA
|  | Cook Zenith® | Medtronic® | Gore® | |
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| Â | LP AAA | Flex AAA, Spiral-Z Iliac | Endurant II | Excluder AAA |
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Indications for use | ||||
Infrarenal neck fixation | ||||
 Diameter | 18–28 mm | 18–32 mm | 19–32 mm | 19–32 mm |
 Length | ≥15 mm | ≥15 mm | ≥10 mm or ≥15 mm | ≥15 mm |
 Angle (to suprarenal) | <45 deg | <45 deg | ≤45 deg or ≤60 deg | ≤60 deg |
 Angle (to aneurysm) | <60 deg | <60 deg | ≤60 deg or ≤75 deg | ≤60 deg |
Iliac (ipsi/contra) fixation | ||||
 Diameter | 8–20 mm | 7.5–20 mm | 8–25 mm | 8–25 mm |
 Length | >10 mm | >10 mm | ≥15 mm | ≥10 mm |
Iliofemoral access | ||||
 Sheath inner diameter | 16Fr (5.3 mm) | 18–22Fr (6.0–7.3 mm) | – | 18–20Fr (6.1–6.8 mm) |
 Sheath out diameter | 18Fr (6.0 mm) | 21–26Fr (7.1–8.5 mm) | 18–20Fr (6.0–6.7 mm) | 20–27Fr (6.8–7.5 mm) |
Graft specifications | ||||
Materials | ||||
 Stents | Nitinol (self-expanding) | Stainless steel and nitinol | Nitinol | Nitinol |
 Grafts | Polyester (& PTFE) | Polyester | Polyester | ePTFE (& FEP) |
Modular system, bifurcated main body device | ||||
 Fixation/sealing | Suprarenal bare stent, barbs, radial force | Suprarenal bare stent, barbs, radial force | Suprarenal bare stent, barbs, radial force | Graft sealing cuff, barbs, radial force |
 Diameter (~15 % oversize) | 22–32 mm | 22–36 mm | 23–36 mm | 23–35 mm |
 Length (body-ipsilateral) | 94–152 mm | 112–170 mm | 124–166 mm | 120–180 mm |
 Length - body-contralateral | 70–128 mm | 82–140 mm | 70–80 mm | 70–90 mm |
Modular system, iliac extension device | ||||
 Diameter (~15 % oversize) | 10–24 mm | 9–24 mm | 10–28 mm | 12–27 mm |
 Length (limb) | 36–120 mm | 39–122 mm | 82–199 mm | 70–140 mm |
Aortouniiliac device | ||||
Fixation/sealing | – | Suprarenal bare stent, barbs, radial force | Suprarenal bare stent, barbs, radial force | Graft sealing cuff, barbs, radial force |
 Diameter (~15 % oversize) | – | 22–36 mm | 23–36 mm | 23–31 mm |
 Length (body-ipsilateral) | – | 130–161 mm | 102 mm | 120–180 mm |
Ancillary components | ||||
 Main body extension | 45–58 mm length | 39–73 mm length | 49–70 mm length | 33–45 mm length |
 Converters | 66 mm length | 80–82 mm length | – | – |
 Iliac plugs | – | 14–24 mm diameter | – | – |
