Al Jabbari
Abdominal aortic cross-clamping is required in many visceral bypass operations, but results in increased risk of postoperative morbidity. Originally developed for coronary artery bypass grafting, the PAS-Port Proximal Anastomotic System (Cardica Inc., Redwood City, CA)...
Background: With the advent of fixed imaging systems (cone beam CT scanning), which permit rotational image acquisition, vascular surgeons now find themselves with a very important new tool: a CT...
Carotid body tumors are amongst the most vascular tumors encountered. Many surgeons opt for trans-arterial embolization using glue or onyx, or PVA particles for large tumors. Generally, the tumor blood...
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, while efficacious when used appropriately, have come under a great deal of federal scrutiny due to their over utilization and failure to remove them in...
Complete surgical resection is the optimal treatment for malignant and complex benign left heart tumors. Anatomic inaccessibility and the relationship with vital cardiac structures can make complete resection of these...
Papillary fibroelastoma is the most common benign tumor of the cardiac valvular apparatus, and is considered the second most common type of cardiac tumor. Advancement in trans-esophageal echocardiography technology has...
A complete surgical resection is the optimal treatment for heart tumors. In some cases (such as a large tumor or a tumor formed in a precarious location), the anatomic inaccessibility...
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have been widely used for the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients who are not candidates for anticoagulation. The IVC filter, however, is not...
This video demonstrates a technique for performing a minimally invasive multi-vessel coronary bypass. The authors show how to safely access the ascending aorta for proximal anastomosis.
...Purpose This is the case of a 64-year-old male who presented with right-sided heart failure symptoms. The patient had a severely dilated right sub-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, causing right...
Primary cardiac tumors are benign in 75% of cases, and malignant in the other 25%. Myxoma is the most common benign cardiac tumor. In 95% of these cases, the myxoma...
Redo vascularization of a severely stenosed graft is considered risky because of the likelihood of embolization. The authors present a video of a severely stenosed and tortuous graft, redone via...
Thymectomy is often an effective treatment for patients with uncontrolled myasthenia gravis. During surgery, it is important to ensure that the gland has been completely removed without injury to the...













