Assessment of Organ Malperfusion and Management in Acute Aortic Syndrome

John Yap of The Heart Hospital, London, United Kingdom, discusses organ malperfusion and the management of acute aortic syndrome. As malperfusion syndrome is associated with high mortality, Mr. Yap stresses the importance of early intervention. Mr. Yap also discusses the importance of having an aortic team, comprised of multidisciplinary aorta specialists, to respond to cases of malperfusion.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for information on the 2016 SCTS Annual Meeting.