Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study is to compare postoperative outcomes and follow-up of two different modifications facilitating surgical technique of frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure for complex thoracic aortic diseases - zone 0 (fixation with total arch debranching) and zone 3 (fixatio...
Abstract Objective: To review the currently available literature to define the role of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in patients with connective tissue disorders (CTD). Methods: A comprehensive electronic database search was performed in PubMed, SCOPUS, Embase, Google scholar, and OVID t...
Abstract We performed a review of the literature (until August 01, 2019) on the occasion of the first transcaval approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in our hospital. This review focuses mainly on the indications of this alternative access route to the aorta. It may be useful for vascular...
Abstract Giant ascending aortic aneurysm is a rare condition. In this paper, we present an uncommon case of giant ascending aortic aneurysm with a maximal diameter of 14 cm in a 77-year-old woman presenting with unusual symptoms. The patient underwent a successful surgery involving ascending aortic repla...
Abstract Objective: To systematically review the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with the use of E-vita hybrid stent graft and ThoraflexTM in patients undergoing complex aortic surgery. Methods: A comprehensive search was undertaken among the four major databases to identify published data a...
Resumen Introducción Las fístulas aorto-entéricas (FAE) son una causa infrecuente de hemorragia digestiva. El pronóstico, generalmente ominoso, depende de una alta sospecha clínica y diagnóstico oportuno. Caso clínico Reportamos el caso de una mujer de 66 años intervenida por un aneurisma sac...
Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/cirugía,
Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/complicaciones,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Enfermedades de la Aorta/complicaciones,
Enfermedades Duodenales/complicaciones,
Fístula Intestinal/complicaciones,
Fístula Intestinal/cirugía,
Implantación de Prótesis Vascular/métodos,
Periodo Perioperatorio,
Fístula Intestinal/diagnóstico,
Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/diagnóstico,
Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/cirugía
Abstract Regardless the successful treatment of the descending aorta with endovascular prosthesis, for the ascending aorta segment, because of several anatomic and physiologic issues, this technique has been considered an alternative only for high-risk or inoperable patients. Despite restricted indicatio...
Resumen: El compromiso simultáneo del arco aórtico y aorta descendente proximal, ya sea por disección o aterosclerosis, constituye uno de los mayores desafíos que puede enfrentar un cirujano cardiovascular. La prótesis híbrida Thoraflex, introducida en los últimos años, ha resultado ser una impor...
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar, através de dopplerfluxometria, de venografia, de histologia e de evolução clínica, o uso de enxertos tubulares de biopolímero de cana-de-açúcar (BP) na reconstrução de veias femorais em cães. Métodos: oito cães adultos foram submetidos à reconstrução de veia fem...
Biopolímeros/uso terapéutico,
Bioprótesis,
Implantación de Prótesis Vascular/instrumentación,
Implantación de Prótesis Vascular/métodos,
Prótesis Vascular,
Vena Femoral/patología,
Vena Femoral/trasplante,
Flujometría por Láser-Doppler,
Modelos Animales,
Distribución Aleatoria,
Procedimientos de Cirugía Plástica/métodos,
Saccharum,
Trasplante Autólogo/métodos,
Injerto Vascular/métodos
Abstract Stent-graft migration and type I endoleaks are associated with a higher rate of reintervention and increased mortality and morbidity. This article describes a patient presented with an infrarenal aortic stent-graft which had migrated into the aortic sac with loss of all aortic neck attachment. T...
