The updated version of an expert viewpoint on resources for management of acute aortic syndrome in the United States is presented. The esteemed authors advance the position of positive volume–outcome relationship for surgery for acute De Bakey I and II (ATAAD).
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Vascular
May 3, 2021
These videos show a 42-year-old male, post COVID-19 (2 months), presenting with PCD and treated with thrombectomy.
May 2, 2021
The AATS expert consensus document was recently released and focused on surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection.
April 23, 2021
The authors included type A aortic dissection patients from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection, who were managed surgically. Their aim was to evaluate the incidence and prognosis of patients with cerebral malperfusion.
April 23, 2021
The authors provide tips and tricks on ten most important considerations for multi-arterial grafting.
April 22, 2021
This video demonstrates robotic-assisted division of an aberrant retroesophageal right subclavian artery utilizing a right-sided approach.
April 21, 2021
This video demonstrates how to perform robotic right middle lobe lobectomy.
April 18, 2021
The SVS and STS produced a document that offers a framework of language, including definitions of nomenclature and a description for a new classification system, to allow for more detailed discussions and reporting of type B aortic dissections.
April 16, 2021
A most comprehensive practice guideline, relevant not only to surgeons involved in VA ECMO, but also all cardiac and thoracic colleagues and perioperative clinicians.
April 12, 2021
In this video, we show in a step-by-step fashion how we could perform what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first total arch replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) without circulatory arrest (CA) in a patient with type A acute dissection.