bypass… Debranch First! or Why Haven’t We Done This All Along for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms? 12 Jul 202021 Jul 2020 Context Despite all the advances in endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, no data shows their superiority in the mid to long term compared to open repair. That is why…
aortic dissection… Complicated Aortic Dissection Talk 22 Jun 201922 Jun 2019 A basic recipe for treating complicated aortic dissection #aorticsurgery #tevar
acute mesenteric ischemia… Life imitates social media: a ruptured type V thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm or IT saves a life 21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019 It was only last month when I came across a post of an aortic aneurysm in a difficult spot (link) and I couldn't help chiming in some comments. Reading it…
aortic dissection… Endovascular Aortic Symposium in Bahrain 15 Jun 2019 I was invited by Dr. Martin Maresch to speak on complicated type B aortic dissections. Should be an exciting day.
AAA… A lot of people can put in a stent graft, unfortunately only a few can take them out. 2 Sep 20182 Sep 2018 I recently had to remove a stent graft for infection and got to thinking about how the number of people who could comfortably and confidently manage that has thinned…
EndoRE… External iliac remote endarterectomy restores the artery to normal, opening the way for EVAR, TAVR, TEVAR, and transplant: alternate applications of EndoRE 18 Nov 201618 Nov 2016 One of the nice things about practicing at the Clinic is being able to offer unique solutions. A severely diseased or occluded external iliac artery (EIA) can be a vexing…
AAA… Moneyballing a Type II Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm 5 Apr 20165 Apr 2016 The innovation of sabremetrics in baseball management and finance as described in Michael Lewis’ wonderful book Moneyball wasn’t just the ability to quantify skill to predict outcomes, it was the…
complications… Reversing paralysis with a bypass 17 Jan 201617 Jan 2016 The patient is middle aged and had a type B thoracic aortic dissection (TBAD) as a consequence of recreational substances that acutely raised his blood pressure. At the outside hospital,…
aortic dissection… Broken Aorta, Advancing Technology 21 Sep 201521 Sep 2015 I recently repaired a traumatic aortic dissection and was struck by how far along things had progressed since I was a resident. I remember seeing a Q&A in the mid…
acute mesenteric ischemia… Acute Aortic Syndrome Unit -TBAD with SMA Dissection and Thrombosis with Acute Mesenteric Ischemia 19 Aug 201520 Aug 2015 The figure above shows the summarizes the problem that brought the patient to his local hospital and triggered his transfer to our acute aortic syndrome unit. The concept is that…