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Aortic Portal

Management of the Aortic Root in Acute Aortic Dissection
The Management of Aortic Infections
The Cooley Touch: An Interview with Denton Cooley
Re-do Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection: Aortic Rupture During Sternotomy
Genetic Linked Aneurysms
Principles in Re-do Aortic Root Surgery
Re-intervention Following Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection Repair: the IRAD Perspective
Composite Graft Replacement of the Aortic Root, Ascending Aorta, and Proximal Aortic Arch
Case Presentation: Aortic Injury During VATS Lobectomy
Unusual Presentation of Large Aortic Arch Aneurysms Associated with Aortic Coarctation in a 15-Year-Old Girl

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Aortic Root Remodeling
The authors discuss a technique of aortic root remodeling without handling of coronaries ostia and a special technique for the posterior aortic wall anastomosis that avoids risk of hidden leak and... More
The Management of Aortic Infections
August 19, 2015
Olaf Wendler of King’s College Hospital, London, UK, discusses the surgical treatment of aortic infections, including aortic root endocarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm.
The Cooley Touch: An Interview with Denton Cooley
August 18, 2015
Denton Cooley, founder of the Texas Heart Institute, was the first US surgeon to perform a heart transplant and implant an artificial heart. He discusses his incredible career with Mohamad Bashir in a new CTSNet interview.
Re-do Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection: Aortic Rupture During Sternotomy
August 10, 2015
This video demonstrates the author’s technique for re-operation on type A aortic dissection.
Genetic Linked Aneurysms
July 29, 2015
Duke Cameron of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States, discusses a variety of genetic disorders that lead to aneurysms.
Principles in Re-do Aortic Root Surgery
July 16, 2015
Jorge Mascaro of Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom, discusses re-do aortic root surgery, and its growing prevalence as the rates of first-time aortic surgery increase.
Re-intervention Following Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection Repair: the IRAD Perspective
July 8, 2015
Santi Trimarchi of the University of Milan, Milan, Italy, discusses re-intervention following acute type-A aortic dissection repair with data from the IRAD registry.
Composite Graft Replacement of the Aortic Root, Ascending Aorta, and Proximal Aortic Arch
March 10, 2015
This article describes the technique of composite graft replacement and emphasizes some technical details for the left-handed surgeon.
Case Presentation: Aortic Injury During VATS Lobectomy
February 16, 2015
This video shows a very rare vascular injury occurring during VATS left upper lobectomy, and its repair. The case suggests some of the limitations of VATS procedures.
Unusual Presentation of Large Aortic Arch Aneurysms Associated with Aortic Coarctation in a 15-Year-Old Girl
February 3, 2015
This video shows the surgical correction of two large thoracic aortic aneurysms in a 15-year-old girl.
Aortic Arch Debranching Technique: Total Aortic Reconstruction from the Aortic Valve to the Aortic Arch
January 21, 2015
This video demonstrates a technique for aortic arch debranching and reconstruction in an elderly patient.

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