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2. Thoracic aortic aneurysm - Wikipedia

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   A stent graft placed in the thoracic aorta to treat a thoracic aortic aneurysm. The size cut off for aortic aneurysm is crucial to its treatment. A thoracic aorta greater than 4.5 cm is generally defined as aneurysmal, while a size greater than 5.5 cm is the distinction for treatment, which can be either endovascular or surgical, with the ...

3. Endovascular aneurysm repair - Wikipedia

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   Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a type of minimally-invasive endovascular surgery used to treat pathology of the aorta, most commonly an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). When used to treat thoracic aortic disease, the procedure is then specifically termed TEVAR for "thoracic endovascular aortic/aneurysm repair."

4. Vascular surgery - Wikipedia

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   A thoracic aortic aneurysm is located in the chest, and an abdominal aortic aneurysm is located in the abdomen. Not pictured here are aneurysms which span both cavities and are referred to as thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Abdominal. An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) refers to aneurysmal dilation of the aorta confined to the abdominal ...

5. Open aortic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Open aortic surgery (OAS) is used to treat patients with aortic aneurysms greater than 5.5 cm in diameter, to treat aortic rupture of an aneurysm any size, to treat aortic dissections, and to treat acute aortic syndrome. It is used to treat infrarenal aneurysms, as well as juxta- and pararenal aneurysm, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms ...

6. Joseph Bavaria - Wikipedia

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   "Endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in low-risk patients: a multicenter comparative trial." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 133, no. 2 (2007): 369-377.

7. Hazim J. Safi - Wikipedia

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   Hazim J. Safi, MD, FACS, (born 1946) [2] is a physician and surgeon who is well known for his research in the surgical treatment of aortic disease. Safi and his colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine were the first to identify variables associated with early death and postoperative complications in patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic operations. [3]