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Achieving aortic arch replacement without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Key clinical point: By maintaining cardiac and distal body perfusion, complex reconstructions can be accomplished without concern about organ...
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Bicuspid aortic valve repair keeps getting better
Key clinical point: The researchers reserve subcommissural annuloplasty only for those patients with a normal annular size (27 mm or less) and a...
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ADSORB 1-year results show efficacy of endografting in type B aortic dissection
A significantly higher percentage of patients achieved false lumen thrombosis in the best medical therapy plus stent group, compared with those...
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TEVAR slows stable type B dissection
Major finding: Patients with stable type B aortic dissections who were randomized to receive TEVAR plus optimal medical treatment (OMT) showed...
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TEVAR slows progression of type B uncomplicated aortic dissection
Major finding: Patients with stable type B aortic dissections who were randomized to receive TEVAR plus optimal medical treatment (OMT) showed...
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Open TAAA repair in octogenarians: Exhibit caution
Key clinical point: Octogenarians with TAAAs present more challenges than younger individuals and their outcomes vary greatly according to the...
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Delay can reduce TEVAR problems with type B dissections
Key clinical point: Delayed intervention appears to lower the risk of complications of TEVAR for aortic dissection in patients who are stable...
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Delayed intervention can reduce TEVAR complications in acute type B dissections
Key clinical point: Delayed intervention appears to lower the risk of complications of TEVAR for aortic dissection in patients who are stable...
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Open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians: Special considerations
Key clinical point: Octogenarians with TAAAs present more challenges than younger individuals and their outcomes vary greatly according to the...
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Study suggests treating intracranial aneurysms larger than 5 mm
Major finding: During a 10-year period, ruptures occurred in 2.9% of intracranial aneurysms that were treated conservatively, with an annual...
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Percent insula infarction may help predict stroke treatment response
Major finding: The percent anterior insula infarct at admission was the only predictor of infarct growth in both univariate and multivariate...
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Stroke outcomes poorer when criteria precluded endovascular therapy
Major finding: Acute ischemic stroke patients excluded from endovascular intervention because they failed to meet perfusion imaging criteria were...