2017
Concomitant antegrade stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta during transverse hemiarch reconstruction for acute DeBakey I aortic dissection repair improves aortic remodeling
Sultan I, Wallen TJ, Habertheuer A, Siki M, Arnaoutakis GJ, Bavaria J, Szeto WY, Milewski R, Vallabhajosyula P. Concomitant antegrade stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta during transverse hemiarch reconstruction for acute DeBakey I aortic dissection repair improves aortic remodeling. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2017, 32: 581-592. PMID: 28795434, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrue lumen diameterTEVAR groupTrue lumenThoracic aortaLumen diameterHemiarch reconstructionAortic remodelingStent graftingOpen repairAortic diameterAcute DeBakey I aortic dissectionDeBakey I aortic dissectionFalse lumen thrombosis rateThree-dimensional computed tomography scansAortic dissection repairDeBakey I dissectionsDistal aortic remodelingTotal aortic diameterFalse lumen thrombosisAbdominal aortic diameterEndovascular stent graftingEndovascular aortic repairComputed tomography scanArch tearDeBakey I
2016
Central Repair With Antegrade TEVAR for Malperfusion Syndromes in Acute Debakey I Aortic Dissection
Vallabhajosyula P, Gottret JP, Menon R, Sultan I, Abbas Z, Siki M, Kramer M, Pulsipher A, Naidu S, Pochettino A, Milewski K, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE. Central Repair With Antegrade TEVAR for Malperfusion Syndromes in Acute Debakey I Aortic Dissection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2016, 103: 748-755. PMID: 27666785, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute DeBakey I aortic dissectionDeBakey I aortic dissectionTEVAR groupMalperfusion syndromeAortic dissectionStandard repairCirculatory arrestMortality rateHospital/30-day mortality ratePostoperative stroke rateRenal failure rateEnd-organ malperfusionStandard open repairEnd-organ systemDeBakey IParaplegia ratePreoperative comorbiditiesHemiarch replacementEmergent operationDistal repairOpen repairSurvival benefitThoracic aortaStroke rateCentral repair
2015
Management of the aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta for acute type A dissection: Moving away from the “less is more” paradigm
Vallabhajosyula P, Szeto WY. Management of the aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta for acute type A dissection: Moving away from the “less is more” paradigm. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2015, 150: 106-107. PMID: 25982293, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research