In this mandatory national clinical registry analysis of acute aortic dissections, in-hospital mortality was 18 percent in 859 patients who underwent repair of type A dissections vs. 52 percent in 298 unoperated-on type A patients, and 13 percent in 122 patients who underwent surgical or endovascular repair of type B dissections vs.
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December 7, 2023
December 6, 2023
This video introduces the author’s novel warm aortic arch repair strategy with a case video of warm hemiarch aortic repair in the post heart transplant setting.
December 4, 2023
This video demonstrates a novel minimally invasive two-stage approach to the treatment of dysphagia lusoria.
December 1, 2023
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Prof. Tilo Kolbel presented on how to identify false lumen occlusion techniques in chronic TBAD and how they function.
November 24, 2023
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Aung Oo presented on his methods for bottom-up thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
November 23, 2023
This video demonstrates a technique of total arch repair with partial removal of endograft in a patient with recent history of emergent TEVAR for ruptured TBAD.
November 17, 2023
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, international guest presenter Prof. Nikos Tsilimparis presented on his state-of-the-art method for total endovascular aortic arch repair.
November 15, 2023
A review of voluntary international multi-registry data on salvage of failed catheter insertion of stent grafts for aortic aneurysms
November 7, 2023
This video illustrates surgical repair of double aortic arch through a sternotomy.
November 3, 2023
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. John Elefteriades presented on his state-of-the-art research on the genetics of inheritable aortic diseases. Dr. Elefteriades is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, United States.