This Society for Vascular Surgery/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (SVS/STS) document
illustrates and defines the overall nomenclature associated with type B aortic dissection. The …

Purpose Thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (TEVAR) has become a mainstay of
therapy for aneurysmal and other disorders of the thoracic aorta. The purpose of this …

Objective Transient and permanent paraparesis and paraplegia (spinal cord injury [SCI]) are
reported in up to 13% of patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) …

Aortocoronary bypass or valve surgery usually require cardiac arrest using cardioplegic
solutions. Although, in principle, in a number of cases beating heart surgery (so-called off …

The progression of spinal cord ischemia after thoracoabdominal aortic interventions can
frequently be arrested before irreversible infarction results. This spinal cord rescue depends …

The frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure, or open stent grafting, is a tool for the combined
open and endovascular treatment via a median sternotomy of extensive aortic disease …

OBJECTIVES Spinal cord ischaemia (SCI) is a serious complication of thoracic
endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence …

Vascular surgery patients have multiple comorbidities and are at high risk for perioperative
complications. Aortic repair surgery has greatly evolved in recent years, with an increasing …

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair, a minimally invasive technique is replacing the
maximally invasive gold standard of thoracotomy and replacement of the descending …

SURGICAL REPAIR OF descending thoracic aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
involves complex multidisciplinary perioperative management strategies. For the purpose of …