Yasar Birkan
Pulmonary artery (PA) sling is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. Pathologically, the left PA originates from the posterior aspect of the right PA and it passes between the trachea and esophagus toward the left lung,...
Even though infection of thoracic aortic grafts is rarely seen, management of these cases still remains a real challenge in current clinical practice. The treatment of complete removal of the...
The authors present a sutureless aortic valve replacement via a right anterior thoracotomy, using minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) in an 84-year-old patient with severe aortic stenosis. Preoperative tomographic angiography showed...
The treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms continues to be a challenge in cardiovascular surgery. Recently, hybrid debranching and endovascular repair of extensive thoracoabdominal aneurysms became a suitable approach in those...