TWO AND A HALF years have now elapsed since we performed our first successful prosthetic replacement for severe aortic regurgitation. During this time, 115 patients with severe aortic regurgitation and/ or calcific stenosis have had operative correction by means of artificial valves. This presentation is a review of the patients who presented themselves for operation, the surgical management, a...

Calcific aortic valve stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease in developed countries. Without surgery, the prognosis is extremely dismal. Therefore there is general agreement that surgical aortic valve replacement should be offered to patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis. However, surgery is denied to approx. 30-40% of elderly patients with severe, symptomatic aorti...

BACKGROUND The greater longevity observed today has caused an increase in the number of elderly who need surgery. Aortic stenosis is a common condition in this age group. OBJECTIVE To evaluate morbidity and mortality in people aged 75 years or older who have undergone valvuloplasty or valve replacement surgery for aortic stenosis alone or associated with other injuries. METHODS We studied 2...

PATIENT Male, 74 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) Symptoms: Palpable abdominal mass Medication: - Clinical Procedure: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Specialty: Surgery. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease is common in elderly patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Here we report a case of the combination of surgical repair for abdominal aortic ane...

THE AORTA is a single structure and serves to conduct oxygenated blood at systemic pressure all regions of the body. The principles aortic interventions (endo- or extravascular) should, therefore, not differ according which term medical school study in they fall, pathology need be compartmentalized for its different sections, by specialties. Equally, anesthesia surgery divided into cardiac thor...

Although the standard treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm has shifted from open surgery to endovascular repair, open surgery has remained the standard of care for complex aneurysms involving the visceral arteries and in patients unsuitable for endovascular aneurysm repair. Postoperative renal insufficiency may occur after open surgical repair of suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Methods ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of emergency surgery for acute type B aortic dissection with rupture and to compare results between open surgery and thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). METHODS Two hundred and ninety-four patients with acute type B aortic dissection were admitted to our hospital between January 2000 and March 2012. At present...