Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, paraplegia, and renal failure. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repa...
Appoo, JJ;
Bozinovski, J;
Chu, MW;
El-Hamamsy, I;
Forbes, TL;
Moon, M;
Ouzounian, M;
Peterson, MD;
Tittley, J;
Boodhwani, M.
In 2014, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) published a position statement on the management of thoracic aortic disease addressing size thresholds for surgery, imaging modalities, medical therapy, and genetics. It did not address issues related to surgical intervention. This joint Position Stateme...
Conte, M. S;
Pomposelli, F. B;
Clair, D. G;
Geraghty, P. J;
McKinsey, J. F;
Mills, J. L;
Moneta, G. L;
Murad, M. H;
Powell, R. J;
Reed, A. B;
Schanzer, A;
Sidawy, A. N.
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) continues to grow in global prevalence and consumes an increasing amount of resources in the United States health care system. Overall rates of intervention for PAD have been rising steadily in recent years. Changing demographics, evolution of technologies, and an expand...
