A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

Patients with asymptomatic, intact aneurysms have an excellent chance for successful surgical excision. Compensated but leaking aortic aneurysms compromise the patient's chances of survival ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge ... exam and possibly a CT scan or ultrasound. In this approach, surgery is performed to repair the section ...

The evolution of the safety and effectiveness evaluation of endovascular grafts intended for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter ...

UC Davis Health vascular surgeons are among the first in the country to treat patients with thoracic aortic disease by using ...

Contemporary embolization strategies for active sac management during EVAR.

If the aneurysm is > 5.0 cm and there is a connective tissue disorder present (Marfan’s syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve etc...), then surgical repair is indicated.

which perforated the left fibrous trigone, widely separating the mitral and aortic ... repair of the aneurysm with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass was accomplished. From the departments of ...

Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50 percent do not survive the repair. Among patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm who have elective surgery, the five-year survival rate is 85 ...