Definition of "endovascular" [endovascular]

• Within a blood vessel (adjective)

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• "This less-invasive procedure, called endovascular stent grafting, leads to a much shorter hospitalization and a quicker recovery time."
• "In such "endovascular" procedures within the arteries, the device is slid up through a small incision into an artery in the leg and then into place in the aorta."
• "Traditionally, doctors have advocated preventative interventions, such as endovascular procedures, surgical resection, or radiation therapy and sometimes a combination of these procedures, on the assumption that unruptured AVMs pose similar risk to AVMs that have bled."