Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...
In this panel, Adam Beck, M.D., and Kyle Eudailey, M.D., discuss ascending aortic arch repair and endovascular treatments at UAB Medicine. They share details of complex aortic surgery, endovascular ...
Experts explain their step-by-step approaches to endovascular repair of zone 0 aortic arch pathology using laser in-situ ...
Of all of the aortic segments, the aortic arch is the last frontier for endovascular treatment. The main difficulty for arch repair is the lack of an appropriate proximal landing zone of at least 2 to ...
We previously reported the enhancement of the aortic pressure wave reflection in patients with aortic coarctation after repair. 16 However, the study had two limitations. One was that some patients in ...
The aortic arch has long been considered the final frontier of endovascular therapy. The pace of innovation has accelerated ...
In performing open arch replacement, surgeons at our center and others currently prefer to reattach the individual brachiocephalic branches separately, rather than reattaching a single island of ...
A novel treatment developed by UCSF vascular surgeons has been used in a first-of-its-kind operation to repair a life-threatening aneurysm in the patient’s aortic arch, which carries blood from the ...
The Thoraflex Hybrid stented device for aortic arch repair by Terumo Aortic has earned Breakthrough Device Designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Joseph Coselli, professor, ...
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is an extremely serious condition of the heart in which the development of the aortic arch is disrupted. The arch of the aorta is the segment which connects the ascending ...
A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm -- the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl -- is a rare but deadly medical condition. "Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, ...