This new video demonstrates a valve sparing aortic root replacement procedure using a reimplantation technique in the setting of bicuspid aortic valve.
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Aorta
June 13, 2011
The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique using a Hybrid Prosthesis is presented as a collaborative Expert Technique by the Heart Center Leipzig and the West-German Heart Center Essen. The keys to successful implementation of this technology are discussed within the spectrum of patient evaluation to postoperative management.
January 20, 2011
The article describes the 2-year follow-up of a patient with a 5-cm aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta associated with a chronic Type B aortic dissection, which was successfully treated with an endovascular stent-graft.
January 18, 2011
Patient SelectionIndications for endovascular repair of the thoracic aortic aneurysm (Figure 1) are:
January 18, 2011
Patient Selection
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) of >70% of one or both renal arteries AND
poorly controlled hypertension despite multiple antihypertensive regimen, or
January 18, 2011
Patient Selection
Indications for endovascular repair of the iliac artery are:
January 18, 2011
Patient Selection
Indications for endovascular repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm are: