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Gabriel Loor
Objectives Left ventricular aneurysm repair has been performed for nearly four decades, yet no surgical approach has been identified as the most effective. The authors describe their approach to repairing anterior and inferior aneurysms. Methods...
Open repair is the standard for aneurysmal degeneration of the arch. A recent study showed that as many as 30% of patients surviving an initial type 1 aortic dissection repair...
The patient was a 27-year-old male with a 5 cm ascending aneurysm, BAV and 3+ aortic insufficiency (AI). He underwent a mini-sternotomy using an 8 cm skin incision. He was...
By Gabriel Loor, MD, Alexis Shafii, MD, Brian Lima, MD, and Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski, MD This video describes the basic steps involved in the recipient portion of an orthotopic heart transplant....