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Giovanni Mariscalco
There are several reported cases that have showed that COVID-19 is a highly thrombogenic disease. The release of cytokines during cardiopulmonary bypass plus COVID 19 related thrombogenic factors can trigger life-threatening thromboembolic events as we...
Patient Selection The standard method of treatment for an ascending aorta aneurysm is replacement with the Dacron tube graft. However, some surgeons use alternative techniques in selected cases for dilated...
The first aortic arch surgery was performed in 1957 as a resection of fusiform aneurysm of aortic arch with replacement by homograft (1). However, during the last 63 years, there...
Giovanni Mariscalco of the University of Leicester Glenfield Hospital in the UK discusses the need for improved guidelines on screening patients for nonsyndromic thoracic aortic disease. He reviews the incidence...