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Aortic Disease in Women

Rana O. Afifi, Houston, USA. Free Submission - closed.
Atrial Fibrillation Management

Andrea Colli, Pisa, Italy. Free Submissions - closing September 4^th, 2023.
Aortic Annular Enlargement

Bo Yang, Michigan USA. Free submissions - closing October 30th 2023.

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Past issues

Vol 12, No 5 (September 28, 2023)
Spinal Cord Protection

Guest Editor: Anthony L. Estrera, Houston, Texas, USA
Vol 12, No 4 (July 31, 2023)
Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations II

Guest Editors: Tirone E. David, Toronto, Canada; Gebrine El Khoury, Bruxelles, Belgium
Vol 12, No 3 (May 31, 2023)
Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations I

Guest Editors: Tirone E. David, Toronto, Canada; Gebrine El Khoury, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Current Issue: Vol 12, No 5 (September 2023)

Spinal Cord Protection

Systematic Review

Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Henry Jiang, Vinh Dat David Nguyen

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Spinal cord injury after open and endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysm and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Talal Alzghari, Kevin R. An, Lamia Harik, Mohamed Rahouma, Arnaldo Dimagli, Roberto Perezgorvas-Olaria, Michelle Demetres, Gianmarco Cancelli, Giovanni Soletti Jr, Christopher Lau, Leonard N. Girardi, Mario Gaudino

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Open, closed or a bit of both: a systematic review and meta-analysis of staged thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Benjamin T. Muston, James Bilbrough, Ymer Bushati, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Martin Misfeld, Tristan Yan

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Keynote Lecture Series

Current approaches to spinal cord protection during open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire, Vicente Orozco-Sevilla, Ourania Preventza, Marc R. Moon, Lauren M. Barron, Subhasis Chatterjee

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Spinal cord protection for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: from bench to bedside

Adam M. Carroll, R. Wilson King, Christian V. Ghincea, Muhammad Aftab, T. Brett Reece

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Collateral network concept in 2023

Suguru Ohira, Steven L. Lansman, David Spielvogel

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Rationale of the PAPAartis trial

Martin Misfeld, Josephina Haunschild, David Petroff, Michael A. Borger, Christian D. Etz

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Editorial

Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair

Emanuel R. Tenorio, Gustavo S. Oderich

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Current perioperative management of cerebrospinal fluid drains

Shao-Feng Zhou, Akiko Tanaka, Anthony Estrera

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Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from open repair

Frank S. Cikach, Michael Z. Tong, Patrick R. Vargo, Lars G. Svensson

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Art of Operative Techniques

Minimally invasive staged segmental artery coil embolization (MIS²ACE) for spinal cord protection

Josephina Haunschild, Tilo Köbel, Martin Misfeld, Christian D. Etz

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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management

Giacomo Murana, Francesco Campanini, Costanza Fiaschini, Giuseppe Barberio, Gianluca Folesani, Davide Pacini

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A new hybrid graft for open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Sabine Helena Wipper, Tilo Kölbel, Julia Dumfarth, Hubert Schelzig, Anthony L. Estrera, Harleen K. Sandhu, Florian Enzmann, E. Sebastian Debus

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Open repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm using hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos

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Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Akiko Tanaka, Hung Nguyen, Holly N. Smith, Anthony L. Estrera

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Intercostal artery reattachment for prevention of spinal cord ischaemia

Ana Lopez-Marco, Myat Soe Thet, Sarvananthan Sajiram, Benjamin Adams, Aung Y. Oo

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Submissions

Submission information:

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in women: many questions remain regarding their poor outcome

Ottavia Borghese, Tara M. Mastracci

Published online: 22 September 2023

Thoracic endograft repair for a complicated type B aortic dissection

Carolyn R. Postol, Eanas S. Yassa

Published online: 11 September 2023

Multidisciplinary care for women with aortic disease: the way to improve disparities

Rana O. Afifi

Published online: 04 September 2023

Atrial fibrillation symptom reduction and improved quality of life following the hybrid convergent procedure: a CONVERGE trial subanalysis

Jaswinder Gill, Karl J. Crossen, Christopher Blauth, Faraz Kerendi, Saumil R. Oza, Anthony R. Magnano, Mark A. Mostovych, Michael E. Halkos, David Tschopp, Jose Osorio, Paul Tabereaux, William Boedefeld, Kenneth Civello, Syed Ahsan, John Yap, Sreedhar Billakanty, Steve Duff, Otto Costantini, Eric Espinal, Andy Kiser, Christian Shults, David Pederson, James Garrison, David M. Gilligan, Michael G. Link, Marcin Kowalski, Christopher Stees, Jason S. Sperling, Israel Jacobowitz, Felix Yang, Yisachar J. Greenberg, David B. De Lurgio

Published online: 29 August 2023

Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome

Lucas Ribé, Ferial D. Shihadeh, Rana O. Afifi, Anthony L. Estrera, Siddharth K. Prakash

Published online: 24 August 2023

The role of sex hormones in abdominal aortic aneurysms: a topical review

Rebecka Hultgren

Published online: 17 August 2023

Prognostic implication of left atrial strain in patients experiencing early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after totally thoracoscopic ablation

Jihoon Kim, Kina Jeon, Sung-Ji Park, Dong Seop Jeong, Suryeun Chung, Minjung Bak, Darae Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Sung-A Chang, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park

Published online: 09 August 2023

Transcatheter options for atrial fibrillation treatment: an overview of the ablative techniques currently available and future perspectives

Diego Penela, Giulio Falasconi, Giulio Zucchelli

Published online: 08 August 2023

Cardiovascular surgery trials in the United States: representation of women and minorities

Jessica G. Y. Luc, Marc R. Moon, Ourania Preventza

Published online: 28 July 2023

Pregnancy-related aortic dissection—recognize, mitigate, act

Michelle S. Lim, Alan C. Braverman

Published online: 27 June 2023

Male-female differences in contemporary elective ascending aortic surgery: insights from the Netherlands Heart Registration

Arjen L. Gökalp, Carlijn G. E. Thijssen, Jos A. Bekkers, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Guillaume S. C. Geuzebroek, Saskia Houterman, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg, Mostafa M. Mokhles; the Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration

Published online: 27 June 2023