ALLMedicine™ Thoracic Aneurysm Center

Aug 17th, 2021 - To report a rare case of giant aortic coarctation (CoA)-related descending thoracic aneurysmal degeneration, complicated by an acute aortic dissection. A 57-year-old man referred with acute chest pain to the emergency department. A computed tomogr...

Mar 8th, 2021 - In the present study, we sought to discern the effects of splanchnic occlusive disease (SOD; renal, superior mesenteric, and/or celiac axis arteries) on spinal cord injury (SCI; paraparesis or paraplegia) and major adverse events (MAE) after desce...

Feb 27th, 2021 - To report a single-center experience with the use of a custom-made Candy-Plug (CP) for distal false-lumen (FL) occlusion in subacute and chronic aortic dissection (AD). A retrospective single-center analysis was conducted on consecutive patients w...

Jan 9th, 2021 - The incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is high in patients with an aortic aneurysm but preoperative routine coronary angiography and preventive coronary revascularization are not recommended to reduce cardiac events in patients with severe...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Very few publications have previously described spondylodiscitis as a potential complication of endovascular aortic procedures (EVAR/TEVAR). We present to our knowledge the first case series of spondylodiscitis following EVAR/TEVAR based on our da...

Jul 13th, 2016 - Dr. Elefteriades disclosed he has received consulting fees from Baxter, Covidien, Datascope, and CryoLife, and a research grant from Medtronic.

Dec 12th, 2014 - CHICAGO – Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms confers an immediate but short-lived survival advantage over open repair that completely disappears and then reverses 4. 5 years after intervention, a study showed.

Jan 30th, 2014 - A study published in Journal of Vascular Surgery is a "call to action" for device companies. Women are more likely than men to suffer complications, including death, from thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Jan 1st, 2011 - NEW YORK – About one in four patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm may be at risk for thoracic aortic aneurysm, judging by results of a single-center retrospective study of more than 1,000 patients. Dr.

Aug 24th, 2006 - Action Points When treating patients with aortic-aneurysm genetic disorders, recognize that DNA genotyping for Marfan's and the two other syndromes described here will be most useful in patients who have features shared by several syndromes. When ...