welcomes you to the new, improved website!The Duke group analyzed their group of patients undergoing proximal aortic operations during a 9-year period (n=869) to determine the incidence and etiology of reintervention on the aorta during follow-up. In all, 4.32% of patients required reintervention—roughly evenly divided between the proximal ascending aort and the distal aorta—and most occured within 3 years. The type of intervention needed in the second setting varied based upon the indications for, and type of, initial operation.
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Imaging Surveillance After Proximal Aortic Operations: Is it Necessary?
Submitted by: Arie Blitz
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS, Jeffrey Keenan, MD, Ehsan Benrashid, MD, Hanghang Wang, MD, James M. Meza, MD, Asvin Ganapathi, MD, Jeffrey G. Gaca, MD, Han W. Kim, MD, Lynne M. Hurwitz, MD, G. Chad Hughes, MD
