Kongteng Tan, FRCS, FRCR, FRCPC
Dr. Tan obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University of Belfast in 1993. Subsequently he completed a surgical residency in General Surgery obtained the Fellow in Royal College of Surgeons in 1998. He then pursued his interest in Diagnostic Radiology in University of Sheffield attained the Fellow in Royal College of Radiologists United Kingdom in 2003. Following the residency, Dr. Tan completed two years of fellowships, the first year in endovascular therapy in Sheffield, UK and the second year in interventional radiology in University of Toronto.
Dr. Tan main clinical and research interests are in endovascular therapy for peripheral vascular disease, aneurysms of the aorta and vascular malformations. His current projects include the use of drug eluting technology in cardiovascular disease and cellular based therapy in peripheral vascular disease. He was the head of interventional radiology in University Health Network, University Toronto from 2008 to 2020.
- Ascending aortic geometry and its relationship to the biomechanical properties of aortic tissue
CONCLUSIONS: Aortic geometry poorly reflects the mechanical properties of aortic tissue. Weak association between energy loss and diameter supports […]
- Females experience elevated early morbidity and mortality but similar midterm survival compared to males after branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
CONCLUSIONS: Females experienced significantly higher B/FEVAR intraoperative times, complications, and in-hospital morbidity and mortality compared […]
- Outcomes in octogenarians after thoracoabdominal and juxtarenal aortic aneurysm repair using fenestrated-branched devices justifies treatment
CONCLUSIONS: F/BEVAR in octogenarians is associated with no differences in technical success or postoperative adverse outcomes when compared with […]
- Percutaneous Drainage for Aortic Graft Infection Post-aneurysm Repair: A Viable Option?
CONCLUSION: Percutaneous drainage of AGI following endovascular or open aneurysm repair is a safe and viable management option either as a […]
- Importance of computed tomography in defining segmental disease in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
CONCLUSIONS: High-quality CTPA provides accurate evaluation of CTEPH patients. The level of disease on CTPA can help guide peri-operative planning […]
- IVC filter removal after extended implantation periods
CONCLUSION: Retrievable inferior vena cava filters are not benign and practitioners need to be aware of regulatory guidelines. Unretrieved filters […]
- Initial Experience With Viabahn VBX as the Bridging Stent Graft for Branched and Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
CONCLUSION: The Viabahn VBX stent is a safe and effective BSG for FB-EVAR with no early stent thrombosis. Further evaluation is required to determine […]
- Effect of portal vein embolization on treatment plan prior to major hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
CONCLUSION: Following PVE in the setting of HCC, tumour progression accounts for a change in treatment plan in approximately a quarter of patients. […]
- Utility of the Vascular Quality Initiative in improving quality of care in Canadian patients undergoing vascular surgery
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) is a national cooperative quality-improvement initiative designed to evaluate processes of care and outcomes in […]
- A polymer-coated, paclitaxel-eluting stent (Eluvia) versus a polymer-free, paclitaxel-coated stent (Zilver PTX) for endovascular femoropopliteal intervention (IMPERIAL): a randomised, non-inferiority trial
BACKGROUND: The clinical effect of a drug-eluting stent in the femoropopliteal segment has not been investigated in a randomised trial with a […]
- Twelve-Month Results of the Nitinol Astron Stent in Iliac Artery Lesions
CONCLUSIONS: The Astron stent system was shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of patients with atherosclerotic disease. The observed MAE […]
- Comparison of Clinical Outcomes following Glue versus Polyvinyl Alcohol Portal Vein Embolization for Hypertrophy of the Future Liver Remnant prior to Right Hepatectomy
CONCLUSIONS: PVE performed with NBCA + AVP compared with PVA ± coils resulted in greater degree of hypertrophy of the future liver remnant, less […]
- Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography in critical limb ischemia: performance of quiescent-interval single-shot (QISS) and TSE-based subtraction techniques
CONCLUSION: QISS MRA demonstrates excellent diagnostic performance and higher robustness than 3D TSE-based subtraction MRA in the challenging patient […]
- Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the Toronto experience
CONCLUSIONS: Elective PEA can be performed with limited risk, and results in excellent early and long-term outcome. All patients diagnosed with […]
- Radiology of advanced EVAR techniques in complex abdominal aortic aneurysms
Advanced Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) refers to devices and techniques used for endografting of aortic aneurysms that are considered […]
- Re: Ischemic skin ulceration complicating glue embolization of type II endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair
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- Iliac branch graft in the treatment of complex aortoiliac aneurysms: early results from a North American institution
CONCLUSIONS: Iliac branch graft placement is a feasible technique with excellent short-term results in the treatment of aortoiliac aneurysms.
- Effectiveness of stent-graft placement for salvage of dysfunctional arteriovenous hemodialysis fistulas
CONCLUSIONS: Stent-graft placement in dysfunctional autogenous hemodialysis fistulas is technically feasible and effective in preserving function and […]
- The use of dynamic volumetric CT angiography (DV-CTA) for the characterization of endoleaks following fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (f-EVAR)
Accurate endoleak classification is essential following fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (f-EVAR). Both endoleak type and exact source of […]
- Outcomes after uterine artery embolization for pedunculated subserosal leiomyomas
CONCLUSION: UAE was successfully and safely performed for pedunculated subserosal leiomyomas, with a tumor volume reduction of 39% and no unique […]
- Clinical failure after uterine artery embolization: evaluation of patient and MR imaging characteristics
CONCLUSIONS: In general, the reduction in total fibroid volume after embolization is smaller in patients with poor clinical improvement. In addition, […]
- Evaluation of persistent pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism
CONCLUSIONS: Two groups of patients can be identified based on the degree of residual pulmonary hypertension after acute PE. Patients with residual […]