The market study includes insights on segmentation by aneurysm (abdominal aortic aneurysm and
thoracic aortic aneurysm), end-users (hospitals and ASCs), and geography (North America, Europe, APAC, Latin America, and MEA).
Shah, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues isolated all coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; 301,105 procedures), surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR; 111,260 procedures), mitral valve repair or replacement (MV; 54,985 procedures), and isolated
thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA; 2,655 procedures) replacement procedures between 2012 and 2014 using the National Inpatient Sample.
Aortic stent grafts are basically used for abdominal and
thoracic aortic aneurysm endovascular repair.
A review of 470,006 cardiac surgeries, namely coronary artery bypass graftings (CABG), aortic valve replacements, mitral valve repairs and replacements and
thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) operations, uncovered no meaningful differences in in-hospital outcomes for these procedures done in the first quarter of the academic year (July to September) compared to the fourth quarter (April to June).
New data from the full patient cohort of the pivotal Valiant Navion study were also presented analyzing the safety and efficacy of Valiant Navion in subjects with
thoracic aortic aneurysm and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.
Candidate Gene Reseguencing in a Large Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Cohort: SMAD6 as an Important Contributor.
Repair of
thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with tracheal and right mainstem bronchus compression.
Around 20 per cent of people suffering from
thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection have a genetic predisposition to it.
Operative challenges in management of concurrent interrupted aortic arch and descending
thoracic aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 2013; 57: 1661-3.
She said Mr Keys was diagnosed with a
thoracic aortic aneurysm after visiting a GP in Doha.