Descending Thoracic Aorta

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Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients With Marfan and Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

March 7, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

In this article the authors aimed to report the midterm outcomes after endovascular aortic repair in patients with Marfan or Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Patients were analyzed based on the timing of the procedure, whether it was...

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Type A Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair and Pulmonary Artery Banding Through a Left Posterolateral Thoracotomy

July 20, 2026 | Zineb EL HASNAOUI…

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,...

Journal

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

June 3, 2025 | Martin ANOTHER
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Discussion to: Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair (B-SAFER): Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study

October 21, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

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...

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Impact of Residual Entry Tears in the Descending Aorta After Type A Dissection

October 17, 2024 | Jessica Luc

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...

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Thoracic Endografting Increases Cardiac Afterload and Leads to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Dogs

April 30, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Aortic endografting leads to aortic stiffening. In this experimental animal study, Yamashita and colleagues evaluated the effect that thoracic endografting had on cardiac afterload, function, and remodeling. The authors report...

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Comparative Study of the Frozen Elephant Trunk and Classical Elephant Trunk Techniques to Supplement Total Arch Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

April 24, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

In 148 patients with type A aortic dissection who underwent emergency total arch replacement, 155 had a conventional elephant trunk procedure (CET, age 65 ± 12 years) and 33 had...

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Thirty-Day Safety and Efficacy Data Presented for Medtronic’s Valiant Navion TEVAR System

April 19, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

At the Charing Cross Symposium, held April 15 to 18 in London, UK, Professor Fabio Verzini presented the 30-day data from Medtronic’s Valiant Navion investigational device exemption study of 100...

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Reflection From UK Aortic Group: Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique as Optimal Solution in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection

April 16, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The UK Aortic Group report their experience with the frozen elephant trunk (FET) repair for 66 acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients using the Thoraflex Hybrid graft at eight...

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Frozen Elephant Trunk Does Not Increase Incidence of Paraplegia in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

April 14, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The International Aortic Arch Surgery Study Group assessed the safety of total arch replacement (TAR) with frozen elephant trunk (FET) for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) with respect to...

JANS Article

The Buffalo Trunk Technique for Aortic Arch Reconstruction

April 12, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

Currently no frozen elephant trunk (FET) prosthesis are readily available in the United States. This University of Colorado team developed a surgical technique to simplify the FET procedure, termed the...

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Type A Dissection Repair With Fenestrated Frozen Elephant Trunk

April 8, 2019 | Kyle Eudailey

Background Standard of care for acute type A dissection remains the “hemiarch” technique with an open distal anastomosis. This operation is currently favored because of its simplicity and reproducibility, as...

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First US Patient Treated With Cook Medical’s Recently Approved Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System

March 29, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

Cook Medical announced that Dr Joseph Lombardi in New Jersey treated the first patient in the US using the newly approved Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System as part of the device’s...

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