Extra-anatomic ascending aorta-descending aorta bypass grafting through a sternotomy is an alternative approach for this problem. METHODS: Since 1985, 19 patients aged 2 months to 18 years (mean ...

In that surgery, called transcatheter aortic valve replacement ... illnesses in the United States — and they’re all closely ...

All had severe calcification of iliac arteries. Eight patients required a bypass from the thoracic aorta and two from the infrarenal level. Revascularization was successful in 10 patients.

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your ... and they branch off from the body’s main artery, the aorta, which carries oxygenated blood throughout the body.

With this expansion came a better understanding of associated complications. Spinal cord ischemia, perhaps the most dreaded complication of aortic surgery short of death, led to an understanding of ...

Women and men experience similar rates of dangerous complications after a major heart surgery. So why are women dying at ...

Fellows are exposed to a large volume of thoracic aortic cases, coronary bypass, routine and complex cardiac valve procedures, and general thoracic surgery. Fellows also receive exposure to VATS ...

The use of low frequency ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass is feasible and safe, a new study has concluded.