Thoracic Aortic Anastomoses

Image diagnosis: thoracic aortic dissection and thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Sundeep R Bhat, MD, is an Emergency Medicine Resident in the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program in CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Gus M Garmel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center, Co-Program Director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and Clinical Professor (Affiliated) of Surgery (Emer...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracic aortic mobile thrombus

Thoracic aortic mobile thrombus is a rare and significant source of peripheral, visceral, as well as cerebral emboli. A 51-year-old female with a history of emergency left brachial artery embolectomy 5 months previously was referred to our unit for evaluation of a mobile thrombus in the descending thoracic aorta. We describe the successful primary treatment of a symptomatic mobile thrombus in t...

cardiac tamponade during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

The true incidence and mortality rate of TAAs is not known. A population-based study reported an incidence of 5.9 new aneurysms per 100,000 person-years in a Midwestern community over a 30-year period with median ages of 65 years for men and 77 years for women. 51% of aneurysms were in the ascending aorta, 11% in the arch and 38% in the descending thoracic aorta. Prevalence may be at least 3-4 ...

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm