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
Hemiarch replacement with concomitant antegrade stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta versus total arch replacement for treatment of acute DeBakey I aortic dissection with arch tear†
Vallabhajosyula P, Gottret JP, Robb JD, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE. Hemiarch replacement with concomitant antegrade stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta versus total arch replacement for treatment of acute DeBakey I aortic dissection with arch tear†. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2015, 49: 1256-1261. PMID: 26516196, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic endovascular aortic repairDeBakey I aortic dissectionTotal arch replacementAcute DeBakey I aortic dissectionConventional total arch replacementArch tearMid-term outcomesAortic dissectionTEVAR groupArch replacementHemiarch reconstructionHemiarch replacementTear repairFalse lumen thrombosisEndovascular aortic repairHospital/30-day mortalityAortic dissection patientsActuarial survivalTEVAR patientsCardiogenic shockStent graftingAortic repairDistal reconstructionCardiopulmonary bypassClinical presentation
2014
Long-term results of aggressive hemiarch replacement in 534 patients with type A aortic dissection
Rylski B, Milewski RK, Bavaria JE, Vallabhajosyula P, Moser W, Szeto WY, Desai ND. Long-term results of aggressive hemiarch replacement in 534 patients with type A aortic dissection. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2014, 148: 2981-2985. PMID: 25112930, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.05.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationFemaleHospital MortalityHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPostoperative ComplicationsReoperationRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsDeBakey type IDistal aortic reinterventionHemiarch replacementAcute typeAortic reinterventionAortic dissectionDeBakey type I dissectionAdverse aortic eventsType I dissectionAortic arch aneurysmLong-term resultsType IAortic wall tissueDistal reinterventionHospital mortalityAortic eventsReoperation rateTotal archArch aneurysmIndependent predictorsReinterventionStudy populationMarfan syndromePatientsLower mortality