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David Spielvogel
The case involved a 69-year-old patient who presented with acute myocardial infarction. Catheterization showed triple vessel disease with an occluded right coronary artery (RCA). An intra-aortic balloon pump was placed. Emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)...
Owing to its excellent hemodynamic properties without necessity of anticoagulation treatment, the Ross procedure is an attractive option for nonelderly adults with aortic valve pathology. Although this is a well-established...
With the evolution of technology, thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) has been implicated in complex aortic pathologies including acute aortic syndrome. In this case, a seventy-seven-year-old man with a history of...
The right axillary artery (AX) has been the authors’ standard cannulation site for elective aortic arch repair, acute aortic dissection repair, or complex redo aortic or cardiac cases (1,2). To...
After the donor heart arrives (see Orthotopic Heart Transplant Using Bicaval Technique Part 1: Recipient Cardiectomy for that procedure), additional cardioplegia is given. The anatomy, such as the patent foramen...
