Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...

The proximal end of the trifurcated graft is then anastomosed to the ascending aortic graft. The elephant trunk technique is used if a descending or thoracoabdominal aneurysm coexists with the ...

January 31, 2025—In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms ... ascending or arch TAA, and remained stable for descending TAA.

Recent studies show that hyperactivation of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling plays a causal role in the development of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection ... the growth of the ...

The recent INSTEAD trial—a randomized, prospective study performed in 140 patients with uncomplicated Stanford type B aortic dissections—compared standard medical management with endovascular ...

The patient also had classic manifestations of tertiary syphilis: fusiform aneurysm of the aorta and meningovascular syphilis. He underwent bi-valvular and ascending aorta replacement ... Prompted by ...