Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery

Journal

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

June 3, 2025 | Martin ANOTHER
A pair of doctors operating on a patient in the operating room.
Video

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
JANS Article

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...

JANS Article

EACTS/STS Guidelines for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic syndromes of the aortic organ

February 26, 2024 | Wei-Guo Ma

This is the 2023 EACTS/STS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic disease. For the first time, this document identified aorta as an organ. It main body contains the...

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Aortic Remodeling After Hybrid Provisional Extension to Induce Complete Attachment Aortic Repair of Chronic Residual Type I Aortic Dissection

November 7, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting retrospective imaging study of true and false lumens with or without bare metal stents placed distally in the abdominal aorta.

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

October 31, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

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...

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Aortic Endovascular Stenting in Patients With Systemic Connective Tissue Disorders: Does the Prohibitive Dogma Still Stand Tall?

August 3, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

In this brief review, the authors elaborate on status quo of the use of endovascular stent grafts in the management of patients with connective tissue disorders. Because the radial force...

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Optimal Occlusion Pattern for Minimally Invasive Staged Segmental Artery Coil Embolization in a Chronic Porcine Model

July 24, 2019 | Claire Vernon

In this experimental study on segmental artery coil embolization, the authors examined the optimal occlusion pattern to reduce the risk of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aortic repair. Von Aspern...

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Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: From an Era of Revolution to an Era of Evolution

June 16, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair began in Houston, Texas, with pioneer surgeons such as Drs Michael E. DeBakey, Denton A. Cooley, and E. Stanley Crawford. Their early attempts to repair...

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Open Versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

June 2, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

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...

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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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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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