Commentary: Novel interventions in complex aortic disease: A perfect storm to “B-SAFER”

A Perfect Storm

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver (W.J.J.); the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (H.R.C.); the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, and the Department of Medicine, University of Mich...

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Percutaneous interventions in aortic disease.

Biotech's Perfect Storm

The global financial crisis has hit biotech companies hard both in the US and Europe as venture capital dries up. Finding new sources of long-term financing for translating research into new therapeutics will be essential for maintaining innovation and new drug development by biotech companies.

A perfect storm: type A aortic dissection and previous cardiac surgery.

A cute type A aortic dissection (AAD) is a lethal disease. The overall mortality rate—even when diagnosed and treated in a timely fashion with emergent surgical interven-tion—exceeds 20%. 1 This fact alone serves as a constant reminder that this disease represents a formidable challenge to all cardiovascular professionals who encounter AAD. Cardiovascular surgeons maintain great respect for ope...