An apparatus for facilitating securement of a vascular graft within a
blood vessel, includes a shaft dimensioned for passage within a blood
vessel and having an expansion member movable between a contracted
condition and an expanded condition and a fastener array comprising at
least one fastener disposed about a peripheral portion of the expansion
member. The one fastener is deployable into a wall of the blood vessel
upon movement of the expansion member to the expanded condition thereof,
to thereby engage the vascular graft to secure the vascular graft to a
wall of the blood vessel. The fastener array preferably includes a
plurality of fasteners. The fasteners may be operatively connected to
each other and releasably secured to the peripheral portion of the
expansion member.