Heinz Jakob
Aortic arch disease commonly involves multiple segments, leading to the need for multi-staged procedures. E-vita Open NEO is the latest locally available hybrid device for total aortic arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure. A...
Drs Mohamad Bashir, Joseph Bavaria, Ali Khoynezhad, Martin Grabenwoger, and Heinz Jakob discuss the controversies of the treatment of thoracic aortic dissection, including risk identification, strategies for the optimal treatment...
Patients with diffuse coronary artery disease are usually judged not to be candidates for percutaneous or surgical intervention. In this video, the authors present a triple coronary endarterectomy (CEA) in...
The authors demonstrate a video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair via an anterolateral right minithoracotomy. The patient was a 54-year-old man who was referred to the authors’ department with severe...
Filmed at the 2017 Aortic Live meeting in Essen, Germany, Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre in London, UK, moderates a discussion on treatments for aortic pathologies with Joseph Bavaria...
The treatment of thoracic aortic dissection raises many controversies, including risk identification, strategies for the optimal treatment approach, and the appropriate surgical intervention. Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre moderates...
Abstract Stability of the aortic annulus, symmetrical commissures, and sufficient coaptation are key factors in achieving long-term durability of aortic valve reimplantation. The authors propose a novel method of prosthesis...
The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique using a Hybrid Prosthesis is presented as a collaborative Expert Technique by the Heart Center Leipzig and the West-German Heart Center Essen. The keys to...







