This video demonstrates the technical aspects involved in a reoperative approach to the aortic root, ascending aorta and aortic arch. Cannulation strategies, pump management and valve/conduit choices are highlighted.
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Great Vessels
August 10, 2009
A 44 year old female presented with a complaint of increasing swelling in her head and upper chest over the last year. She reported increasing shortness of breath and a drowning sensation when in the supine position. Her face becomes red and tight with minimal exertion. The past medical history is significant for hypogammaglobulinemia related to...
June 15, 2009
This video shows the main surgical aspects of the Bentall-De Bono procedure with a new biological composite conduit. This is the case of a 76-year-old man with ascending aorta aneurysm and aortic valve cusp calcification. The composite conduit utilized for aortic root and aortic valve replacement is a prefabricated biological valve, called BioValsalva.
May 26, 2009
Pulmonary endoarterectomy is the treatment of choice in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Traditionally, PEA is achieved by adopting periods of deep hypothermia at 18° Celsius and circulatory arrest. We present an alternative strategy, based on the application of a negative pressure in the left chambers and also in the superior vena cava.
October 14, 2008
The video concerns a 48-year-old patient affected by acute aortic syndrome characterized by an intramural haematoma of the ascending aorta and aortic arch and a type B acute dissection.
September 3, 2008
Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta is a common cause of death after motor vehicle accidents. The gold standard for treatment of traumatic rupture of the descending thoracic aorta is a left thoraoctomy with replacement of the affected aorta. The endovascular treatment of aortic transection is an emerging alternative in multi-traumatized patients.
June 30, 2008
Several surgical approaches have been described for the management of
adult patients with acquired heart disease and paraductal coarctation
of the aorta. Options are a staged procedure using median sternotomy
and left thoracotomy, a catheter-based intervention of the coarctation
combined with sternotomy, and single-stage simultaneous correction of
lesions via sternotomy.
December 19, 2006
By Hazim J. Safi, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Eyal Porat, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, and Riad Meada, MD
STSA 2006
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November 16, 2006
By Andreas Zierer, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD
STSA 2006
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