Endovascular and Hybrid Management of the Thoracic Aorta
A Case-based Approach
1. Edition July 2008
320 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void in up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic. Written by physicians at the Arizona Heart Institute, which pioneered the use of thoracic endoluminal grafts, this book presents clinical scenarios as well as controversies in this fascinating and rapidly developing field.
Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void with up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic.
Written by physicians at the Arizona Heart Institute, which pioneered the use of thoracic endoluminal grafts, Endovascular and Hybrid Management of the Thoracic Aorta presents clinical scenarios as well as controversies in this fascinating and rapidly developing field.
Discussing the etiology, diagnostic tools and management and treatment of specific pathologies of the aorta, this book is ideal for cardiovascular and vascular surgeons from all over the world. It is also of interest to residents in vascular and cardiothoracic surgery who have an interest in thoracic aortic disease management and want to be at the forefront of endovascular technology.
SECTION I THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS.
SECTION II PENETRATING AORTIC ULCERS.
SECTION III TRAUMATIC AORTIC INJURIES.
SECTION IV THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTIONS.
SECTION V THORACIC AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSMS.
SECTION VI EXTENDING PROXIMAL LANDING ZONES.
SECTION VII EXTENDING DISTAL LANDING ZONES.
SECTION VIII THORACIC AORTIC COARCTATIONS.
SECTION IX THORACIC AORTO BRONCHIAL FISTULA.
SECTION XI ASCENDING AORTIC PATHOLOGIES.
SECTION XII SUPRA-AORTIC THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS.
SECTION XIII FUTURE OF THORACIC AORTIC ENDOGRAFTING.
CEO, Arizona Heart Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Venkatesh Ramaiah, MD.
Arizona Heart Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Jacques Kpodonu, MD.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Bluhm Cardiovascular Insitute
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Chicago, IL, USA
Julio Rodriguez-Lopez, MD.
Arizona Heart Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, USA
