Ascending Aorta

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Surgery Versus Surveillance: A Quality-of-Life Analysis of Patients With Moderately Dilated Aortic Root or Ascending Aorta

November 20, 2025 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This multicenter study from the TITAN trial examined the quality of life in 157 patients with moderate ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) undergoing surgery (n=52) or surveillance (n=105) between 2019 and 2022. After propensity matching...

Video

Bicuspid Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

September 29, 2026 | Sebastian Cirio…

The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with a 5.1 cm ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic root dilation, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that required...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 175: Oral Board AI Simulator

September 24, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...

JANS Article

Supra-Annular Perceval Bentall: From Concept to Patient

September 17, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This technical report describes the SUpra-annular PERceval Bentall (SUPERB), which utilized a Perceval Plus XL sutureless bovine pericardial valve inside a 28 mm Valsalva Dacron graft. Ex vivo testing involved...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 169: CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery

August 13, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...

JANS Article

Neurologic Complications After the Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure: A Meta-Analysis of More Than 3,000 Patients

October 31, 2019 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

Dr Preventza and associates performed a meta-analysis of 3,154 patients who underwent frozen elephant trunk procedure to determine the incidence of neurologic complications. The incidences were 4.7% for spinal cord...

JANS Article

Outcome After Aortic, Axillary, or Femoral Cannulation for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

August 13, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

A most educative cross-Atlantic retrospective study on an always important question. The short accompanying video is also valuable!

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A Comparison of Two Strategies for Aortic Valve-sparing Root Replacement

August 11, 2019 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

Colleagues from Italy and Germany compared the short- and mid-term outcomes of the straight tube graft (David-I) and the Valsalva graft in 232 patients undergoing an isolated David procedure. The...

JANS Article

Growth of the Thoracic Aorta in the Smoking Population: The Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial

July 12, 2019 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

Investigators reported the distribution of thoracic aortic growth in smokers based on longitudinal data of current and ex-smokers aged 50-70 years from the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial. Mean and...

JANS Article

Factors Associated With Acute Stroke After Type A Aortic Dissection Repair: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

June 24, 2019 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

Colleagues from five heart centers performed a study on the incidence and factors associated with acute stroke following type A repair using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery...

JANS Article

Differential Outcomes of Open and Clamp-On Distal Anastomosis Techniques in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

June 11, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Food for thought from a retrospective non-randomized study on the Scandinavian experience with acute aortic dissection. The reader may find outcomes that will surpise them.

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Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Aortic Root Repair and Replacement in Patients Undergoing Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair: Twenty-Year Experience

May 20, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Discussion and critique editorials accompany this report on extensive emergency surgical treatment of aortic dissection, fueling an important debate.

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JANS Article

Elective Aortic Root Replacement in North America: Analysis of STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

April 28, 2019 | Arie BlitzGold ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors analyzed the STS database for elective aortic root replacement (with several important exclusions) to derive risk factors for mortality and morbidity. A total of 8,807 patients met inclusion...

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