Tag: Dissection

Rachel Bell

A specialist in complex open aortic surgery, Rachel Bell speaks to Vascular News about her career so far. Raised in Yorkshire, UK, she moved...

“Significant” long-term morbidity related to aortic branches in patients with aortic...

In patients with aortic dissection, a retrospective, population-based cohort study suggests that aortic branch involvement is responsible for “a significant long-term morbidity, without any...

Aortic disease in women and men: Overcoming challenges for a promising...

Based on the Janet Powell Honorary Lecture she gave at this year's European Society for Vascular Surgery annual meeting (ESVS Month; 29 September–29 October,...

Shockwave IVL can aid in eliminating recoil and dissection during below-the-knee...

George Adams (Raleigh, USA) talks to VEITHtv at the VEITHsymposium 2019 (19–23 November, New York, USA) about the benefits of using easy-to-use Shockwave IVL (Intravascular Lithotripsy) in calcified...

OUTBACK™ Elite Re-entry catheter highly effective at saving limbs in extreme...

 Lorenzo Patrone (London, UK) shares with BLearning at CIRSE 2019 (7–11 September, Barcelona, Spain) the benefits of using the OUTBACK™ Elite Re-entry Catheter (Cordis,...

Acute Dissections Symposium: “The Great Masquerader”

The best management of type B aortic dissection is an ongoing debate. In April 2016, W. L. Gore & Associates held a two-day symposium...

Predicting type B aortic dissection outcomes when the patient arrives

Stanford type B aortic dissection carries a better prognosis compared with type A dissection and 90% of patients survive to hospital discharge. The management...