The GORE^® TAG^® Thoracic Endoprosthesis

Abstract

The GORE^® TAG^® (W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc., [AZ, USA]) has gone through many changes since it was first introduced in the late 1990s. The Conformable GORE TAG has recently become commercially available and underwent several changes from the original design to help increase compression resistance, expand treatment ranges and oversizing windows, and improve conformability. This article describes the GORE TAG and Conformable GORE TAG devices, their potential uses and the outcomes in treating various aortic pathologies.

Keywords::

• aortic dissection
• blunt aortic injury
• CTAG
• graft infolding
• TAG
• TEVAR
• thoracic aneurysm

Financial and competing interests disclosure

MA Farber is a Consultant for W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc., Cook Medical and Bolton Medical. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.