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Type B aortic dissection following personalized external aortic root support (PEARS): a report of two cases [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Personalized external aortic root support (PEARS) is a prophylactic surgical technique designed to stabilize the aortic root in patients with heritable thoracic aortic disease (HTAD), including Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes.
Alejandro González-Caldevilla Fernandez, Shivan Edmond Saith, Farhin Holia, Ana Lopez-Marco, Aung Ye Oo   +4 more
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Editorial: Advances in diagnostics and interventions for acute aortic syndromes involving the aortic arch [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Thierry Carrel
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Idiopathic Aneurysm of the Aortic Arch in an Infant

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2022
Congenital aortic aneurysms are rare disorders, usually associated with genetic aortic syndromes. Here, we describe the case of an idiopathic aortic arch aneurysm which had been diagnosed prenatally by fetal echocardiography.
Tomislav Cvitkovic, Elena Petena, Samir Sarikouch, Lavinia Neubert, Philipp Beerbaum, Alexander Horke, Dmitry Bobylev   +6 more
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HOME-MADE FROZEN STENTED ELEPHANT TRUNK FOR ACUTE ARCH DISSECTION: AN HYBRID OFF-THE-SHELF TREATMENT IN AN EMERGENCY SETTING

Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular, 2021
Introduction: Involvement of the ascending/aortic arch in the thoracic aorta pathology can preclude thoracic endovas- cular aortic repair (TEVAR) due to the absence of an adequate proximal landing zone.
Nuno Henriques Coelho, Diogo Silveira, Victor Martins, Daniel Martins, Nelson Paulo, Carolina Semião, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Marta Machado, Alexandra Canedo   +9 more
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Endovascular treatment of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the arch and thoracic aorta: In-hospital and 5-year outcomesCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2022
Objective: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the treatment of choice for thoracic aorta diseases including penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU).
Giacomo Murana, MD, PhD, Luca Di Marco, MD, PhD, Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, MD, Francesco Buia, MD, Giorgia Brillanti, BS, Luigi Lovato, MD, Davide Pacini, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Ebstein Anomaly and Right Aortic Arch in Patient with Charge Syndrome

Medicina, 2021
Ebstein anomaly is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by a varying degree of anatomical and functional abnormalities of tricuspid valve and right ventricle. It often coexists with other congenital cardiac malformations.
Inguna Lubaua, Madara Teraudkalna
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Complex heart disease with interrupted aortic arch: Echocardiography diagnosis with successful single-stage repair in a low-resource setting

Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2021
Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common of all birth defects. Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is rare, attributing to 1% of all CHD and exhibits left sidedness in most cases. It usually presents in the first 2 weeks of life with heart
Huda Qadeer Ahmed, Mahim Malik, Shazia Samad Mohsin   +2 more
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Case of surgical treatment of ascending aorta and aortic arch aneurysm in a patient with unclassified connective tissue disease [PDF]

Кардіохірургія та інтервенційна кардіологія, 2019
Thoracic aortic aneurysm is one of the most serious pathologies of the cardiovascular system. Survival of patients without surgery within 5–10 years does not exceed 13–19 %.
B.M. Todurov, A.Y. Shkandala, O.V. Zelenchuk, M.F. Rotar, N.S. Gnoyanko   +4 more
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Cardiovascular Abnormalities Associated with Heterotaxy Syndrome: A Case Series

Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, 2023
Heterotaxy syndromes result from the failure of normal lateralization, resulting in the abnormal arrangement of cardiothoracic and abdominal viscera. These are associated with a disproportionate morbidity and mortality rate, mandating early diagnosis ...
Shraddha Joshi, Suryansh Arora, Ravindra Singh Jadon, Munish Guleria   +3 more
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Thoracic Aorta: Anatomy and Pathology

Diagnostics, 2023
The aorta is the largest elastic artery in the human body and is classically divided into two anatomical segments, the thoracic and the abdominal aorta, separated by the diaphragm.
Cira Rosaria Tiziana di Gioia, Andrea Ascione, Raffaella Carletti, Carla Giordano   +3 more
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