CX Aortic Vienna (8–11 September virtual) hosted a “Best of CX and all abstracts” session on Wednesday highlighting some of the more impactful and prominent work in the aortic space This session, and all other sessions from day one of CX Aortic Vienna, is available to view on demand. Click here to register and access the recording Spain) talked the CX Aortic Vienna audience through her team’s long-term experience of chimney/snorkel endovascular aneurysm repair (chEVAR) in complex aortic pathologies using patient data from the PERICLES registry Taneva is positive about the technique: “ChEVAR showed good long-term branch patency with over 90% of the vessels patent at five years’ follow-up We did not identify anatomical or technical factors predicting branch occlusion or stenosis The occurrence of late type 1a endoleak following chEVAR was relatively low and occurred more frequently in patients with larger native neck diameters (>30mm) or with a complete absence of infrarenal neck and is an alternative to FEVAR under appropriate patient and anatomical selection.” detailing his experience of open retroperitoneal repair for complex abdominal aortic aneurysms He noted that open repair of complex aneurysms carries a significant morbidity and mortality patients should be considered for complex endovascular repair patient and anatomical characteristics may favour open surgery The retroperitoneal approach facilitates a more proximal clamp zone with similar perioperative mortality and morbidity as transperitoneal approaches using more distal clamp zones,” Hossack concluded Greece) discussed how 10-year data on elective endovascular repair of infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysms performed at her institution demonstrate “good long-term survival outcomes” of the procedure She closed her talk with the following comments: “The procedure has low re-intervention rates—limb occlusion is an early common indication for re-intervention—and advanced age (over 80 years) may be associated with higher mortality.” and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" In two separate incidents on Monday morning construction workers faced devastating accidents leaving one dead and another with life-altering injuries In western Quebec's MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais a 63-year-old worker from Bouchette tragically lost his life while working at a construction site in Chelsea Police were called to the scene around 7:15 a.m on chemin de la Rivière south of chemin Saint-Clément CBC News reports the worker was fueling a tractor when a colleague accidentally backed a heavy truck into him the victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the province’s workplace health and safety regulator Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are on the hunt for the driver of a black Corvette believed to be involved in a hit-and-run incident that left a construction worker with life-altering injuries The collision occurred in the eastbound collector lanes of Highway 401 near Victoria Park Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m CTV News reports the worker was rushed to a trauma center with severe injuries provided an update in a video shared on social media saying a 24-year-old suspect has been arrested The black corvette the suspect was allegedly driving has been located and the young man faces charges of dangerous driving and fail to stop at a collision scene- both causing bodily harm These unfortunate incidents serve as stark reminders of the risks faced by construction workers on the job and highlight the importance of safety measures and responsible driving to prevent such tragedies