Aortic Arch
This report illustrates the lifesaving single-stage management of a ruptured pre-coarctation aortic arch in a 50-year-old female patient accompanied by a mediastinal false aneurysm. The principles were dual right subclavian and right femoral arterial cannulation,...
This report illustrates the lifesaving single-stage management of a ruptured pre-coarctation aortic arch in a 50-year-old female patient accompanied by a mediastinal false aneurysm. The principles were dual right subclavian...
Mediastinal lipomas are benign, slow-growing masses that can present as large masses due to their insidious onset (1). Symptoms associated with these lipomas are generally due to mass effect, such...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Ahmed Ghazy, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, about robotic cardiac surgery...
This video illustrates the case of a 10-day-old female neonate (2.8 kg) with antenatal diagnosis of Type A interrupted aortic arch (IAA). Preoperative echocardiography showed Type A interrupted aortic arch,...
This study analyzed the incidence of malperfusion in acute Type A aortic dissection using data from 9,958 patients in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database 2017-2020. Preoperative...
This study evaluates the early safety of a new technique called branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair (B-SAFER) for treating multisegment thoracic aortic disease, which aims to improve outcomes...
A detailed , open and stimulating discussion of a presentation in the AATS . The presenter responds to peer questioning on the technical aspects of the evolution of hubrid interventions...
The long-term benefits of total arch replacement (TAR) versus hemiarch replacement for treating aortic dissection have been debated, with most studies showing no difference in survival rates between the two...
This video is a balanced, gripping presentation on an increasingly common emergency problem for the on-call cardiac surgeon. Professor Oo discusses the evolving landscape of surgery for acute De Bakey...
This video is a part of CTSNet’s World’s Best Centers for Cardiothoracic Surgery: United States series. View every video in the World’s Best series and stay tuned for more. Watch...
This study used the German registry of acute aortic dissection type A (GERAADA) score to predict thirty-day mortality in an aortic center in the United States. Six-hundred-eighty-five patients who underwent...
In the last decades, four different scores for the prediction of mortality following surgery for type A acute aortic dissection (TAAD) were proposed. Researchers aimed to validate these scores in...



