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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

This series of podcasts is a resource for vascular specialists and other health care professionals. The podcasts are available in two file formats - Windows Media  (WMV) and Quicktime video (MOV). 

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment

WMV | MOV
Most abdominal aortic aneurysm patients today are treated with the minimally-invasive, stent-graft method. This is a great advance because it involves little discomfort, a short two-to three-day stay in the hospital, and rapid recovery to normal activities.

Endovascular Treatment of Dissections

WMV | MOV
It’s not uncommon for someone to experience chest or back pain that requires evaluation in an emergency room. While these symptoms can often be the result of cardiac problems, it may also be from a separation of the layers in your major artery: the aorta, and is referred to as an aortic dissection.

Debranching for Thoracic and Abdominal Aneurysms

WMV | MOV
New developments in vascular surgery permit a less invasive approach to some very complex aneurysms. This paper discusses two subgroups of aneurysms. The first group involves the arch of the aorta, where the blood vessel arise for your brain and arms. The arch of the aorta is high up in your chest, immediately behind the sternum or breastbone. The second group involves the aorta in the abdomen where the blood vessels for the intestine, bowel and kidneys arise. This is called the visceral segment of the aorta. The briefing addresses what surgeons refer to as debranching followed by aortic endografting.

Fenestrated and Branched Endografts

WMV | MOV
The past 20 years have seen a gradual shift away from direct open surgery in favor of minimally invasive techniques. The treatment of vascular disease is no exception. Minimally invasive endovascular techniques of aneurysm repair substitute trans-femoral access for direct aortic exposure and stents for sutures.

Endovascular Techniques for Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms

WMV | MOV 
Elective aortic aneurysm repair has evolved over the past decade. Today, the majority of patients are evaluated for endovascular treatment and only those who do not meet the anatomic criteria are offered open surgical reconstruction. More recently, we have extended this technology to patients who present with ruptured abdominal and/or thoracic aortic aneurysms. 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

WMV | MOV
Are you aware of what Lucille Ball, Conway Twitty, George C. Scott, and Albert Einstein all had in common? Of course they were famous individuals whose names are still widely recognized throughout the world. They all died of the same disease. No, they didn’t die of a heart attack or cancer; they all died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Aneurysm Surgery

WMV | MOV
Open surgery for aortic aneurysm has been the main treatment for aortic aneurysm for 60 years. The procedure replaces the weakened portion of the aorta with a synthetic graph. This podcast describes how the surgery is performed.

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Vascular Specialty Topics | Vascular Residency Topics | Peripheral Arterial Disease | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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