Fifty studies of endoluminal stent graft repair of patients with thoracic aortic lesions were retrieved. The three most common pathologic lesions treated included thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs ...

Internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending to that most important vessel in the front of the heart has about a 95 percent chance of being open ten years after your bypass operation.

Immediately after the temporary ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery as required during off-pump coronary-artery bypass, transesophageal echocardiography with Doppler flow ...

The excellent long-term outcomes of single internal-thoracic-artery grafts 11,12 have stimulated the use of a bilateral internal-thoracic-artery approach that uses both the left and right internal ...

Carotid artery dissection: When the carotid artery is involved in the ascending aortic dissection, ... Type III: Dissection originating in the descending thoracic aorta.

We identified 36 patients with a diagnosis of PAU involving the descending thoracic aorta. The diagnosis was made with CT in 27 patients (75%), MRI in 7 (19%), and aortography in 2 (6%). As shown ...

Traditionally, CABG operators used the left internal thoracic artery to graft the left anterior descending artery, and the saphenous vein was harvested from the leg to bypass other coronary arteries.

FDA Approves First-of-Kind Device To Treat Descending Thoracic Aneurysms Date: April 20, 2005 Source: U.S. Food And Drug Administration Summary: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Bakaeen FG, Ravichandren K, Blackstone EH, et al. Coronary artery target selection and survival after bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;75:258-268. Chikwe J, Adams ...

The physical examination is non-specific for descending thoracic aortic dissection, ... Renal artery bruits may be present if there is involvement of that vessel. Diagnosis.