STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting
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Cardiac
December 8, 2008
December 2, 2008
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD
Video:
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.
October 6, 2008
Becoming a surgeon has been an enduring goal in my life. Last year I learned from my program director about the scholarship entitled “Looking to the Future” sponsored by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
September 28, 2008
18 month old girl
Asthma like symptoms
Stridor
Echo, Bronchoscopy, CT angiography
Final diagnosis of PA sling
September 8, 2008
Patient Selection
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.
July 28, 2008
By Anil M. Patwardhan, MS
Video:
July 22, 2008
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD and Carlos MG Duran, MD, PhD
Editor's Note