The Yale group retrospectively reviewed their experience with DeBakey type I aortic dissections to evaluate whether patients with bovine aortic arches had a unique distribution of entry sites and differential outcomes. A total of 315 patients were included in the study, of which 49 (16%) had a bovine aortic arch.
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August 17, 2017
August 8, 2017
This video shows a hybrid thoracoabdominal repair in a 60-year-old patient with mesenteric patch aneurismal dilation resulting from a previous repair.
August 3, 2017
Marc Schepens of AZ St. Jan in Brugge, Belgium, discusses the surgical management of thoracoabdominal aneurysms.
August 1, 2017
The authors present an extensive experience with the Frozen Elephant Trunk procedure for aortic pathology of varying types. They provide useful tips for each type. The results justify the techniques. The authors also provide some insight into when results may not be so good.
July 28, 2017
Patient Care
The first total aortic replacement in Malaysia was performed for a patient with a thoracoabdominal aneurysm at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur.
July 21, 2017
Patient Care
July 7, 2017
Patient Care
A boy’s growth had fallen well behind that of his twin brother, leading doctors in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to discover and surgically treat a congenital heart condition.
June 29, 2017
Mohamad Bashir moderates a panel discussion on controversial issues surrounding the treatment of thoracic aortic dissection.
June 26, 2017
The authors analyzed long-term recurrent aortic regurgitation (AR) in 249 patients with aortic insufficiency and reimplantation procedure. Of the cusp repair techniques evaluated in the analysis, only free margin reinforcement and patch repair influenced valve durability, the former positively and the latter negatively.
June 22, 2017
Hiraoka and colleagues compared outcomes of 337 patients receiving conventional total aortic arch repair to 58 patients receiving hybrid aortic arch repair at a single cardiovascular institution. The authors observed no differences in operative or 30-day death.