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...
Fox, N;
Schwartz, D;
Salazar, J. H;
Haut, E. R;
Dahm, P;
Black, J. H;
Brakenridge, S. C;
Como, J. J;
Hendershot, K;
King, D. R;
Maung, A. A;
Moorman, M. L;
Nagy, K;
Petrey, L. B;
Tesoriero, R;
Scalea, T. M;
Fabian, T. C.
BACKGROUND: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death in trauma patients. Eighty percent of patients with BTAI will die before reaching a trauma center. The issues of how to diagnose, treat, and manage BTAI were first addressed by the Eastern Association for the Surger...
Ortiz del Río, Carlos Alonso;
Pérez de la Blanca, Eduardo Briones;
Buzón Barrera, Mari Luz;
Calderón Sandubete, Enrique;
Carrero Caballero, Maria Carmen;
Carrión Camacho, Maria Reyes;
Luna Rodríguez, Margarita Enríquez de;
García Aguilar, Rocío;
García Díez, Rosa;
García Fernández, Francisco Pedro;
García Juárez, Rosario;
González Méndez, María Isabel;
López Rodríguez, Luis;
Marín León, Ignacio;
Marín Cabañas, Marta;
Martínez Rísquez, Maria Teresa;
Medrano Ortega, Francisco Javier;
Moreno Machuca, Javier;
Morillo Leco, Germán;
Quijano Campos, Juan Carlos;
Rodríguez Torres, Patricia;
Romero Alonso, Alberto;
Romero Tabares, Antonio;
Zamudio Sánchez, Antonio.
El objetivo principal de la guía es proporcionar a los profesionales sanitarios una herramienta que les permita tomar decisiones basadas en evidencia sobre aspectos de la atención al paciente adulto con indicación de terapia intravenosa con dispositivos no permanentes. Además, se señalan los objetiv...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in people aged 18 and over. Rapid changes in diagnostic methods, endovascular treatments and vascular services associated with new specialties in surgery and interventional radiology have resulted in considerable uncertainty ...
