Endovascular Techniques
This international retrospective study evaluated ascending thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for zone 0 ascending aortic pathology in patients generally unsuitable for open repair. Between 2011 and 2024, 58 patients from 17 centers were treated...
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,...
This international retrospective study evaluated ascending thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for zone 0 ascending aortic pathology in patients generally unsuitable for open repair. Between 2011 and 2024, 58 patients...
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the preferred management for pathology of the descending thoracic aorta, including penetrating aortic ulcers, dissections, and blunt trauma. TEVAR often requires exclusion of the...
As interventional techniques continue to gain popularity in cardiothoracic surgery, familiarity and mastery of these techniques are increasingly important for trainees and early career surgeons. The authors discuss core endovascular...
Upchurch and coauthors have recently published the practice guidelines on thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) in the mangement of thoracic aortic aneurysms.
...As TAVR is used in progressively lower-risk cohorts, management of device failure will become increasingly important. This study reports the largest series of patients receiving a surgical reoperation after transcatheter...
Bavaria et al reported the five-year outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of complicated acute type B aortic dissection (TBAD) in the DISSECTION trial. In this prospective, nonrandomized study,...
Use of anatomic abbreviations instead of numbers seems pro-intuitive …
...In this consensus statement, a new anatomic classfication system is proposed for thoracic aortic dissections. The acuity of aortic dissection and complicated vs uncomplicated dissections are clearly defined. Risk factors,...
The Throacic Surgery Residents Association (TSRA) Decision Algorithms in Cardiothoracic Surgery is a 100-chapter compendium with an individual algorithm for clinical decisions spanning the entire scope of cardiothoracic surgery. The...
Thoracic stentgrafts are stiffer than the aorta. To understand how this mismatch might affect the left ventricle, van Bakel and colleagues quantified the left ventricular remodeling after thoracic endovascular aortic...
The NEJM published the long-term results of the OVER study of open repair (OR) versus endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) on May 30. The OVER study...

