Advances in Understanding Aortic Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Advances in Imaging Aortic Disease....Pages 3-3
Advanced Understanding and Consensus on IMH / PAU....Pages 5-5
Recent Advances in Imaging Aortic Diseases....Pages 7-13
Noninvasive Diagnosis of the Artery of Adamkiewicz....Pages 15-20
Gene Analysis of Marfan Syndrome....Pages 23-27
Evolving Medical Therapy for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms....Pages 29-41
Regression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms through Pharmacologic Therapy....Pages 43-49
Gene Therapy for Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm using Chimeric Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotides Against NFkB and ets in a Rabbit Model....Pages 51-51
Simulation Study of Aortic Valve Function Using the Fluid-structure Interaction Finite Element Method....Pages 53-60
Long Term Results of Aortic Arch Repair Using Stent Grafting Technique....Pages 63-64
Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms....Pages 65-65
Current Endograft Therapy of Type B Aortic Dissection....Pages 67-78
Endovascular Treatment of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection....Pages 79-80
Long-term Evolution of Type B Dissection and Endovascular Therapy Indications....Pages 81-91
Spinal Cord Perfusion and Protection During Surgical and Endovascular Treatment of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms....Pages 95-101
Brain Protection in Aortic Arch Surgery....Pages 103-109
Tools and Tricks in Monitoring the Brain During Arch Surgery....Pages 111-111
Brain Protection in Aortic Surgery—Antegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion....Pages 113-120
Intermittent Pressure Augmented Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion....Pages 121-122
Modified Arch First Technique for Total Arch Replacement using Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest and Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion....Pages 123-130
Endovascular Repair for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms....Pages 133-133
Multicenter Clinical trial of Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Japan....Pages 135-135
Advanced Understanding and Consensus on IMH/PAU....Pages 139-139
Recent Advances in Imaging Aortic Diseases....Pages 141-141
Intramural Hematoma and Penetrating Ulcer....Pages 143-153
Therapeutic Strategy of Acute Aortic Intramural Hematoma....Pages 155-162
What\'s New in Aortic Root Reimplantation?....Pages 165-171
Expanding Indications for Valve Sparing Procedures in Aortic Root Replacement....Pages 173-184
Sivelestat Sodium is Effective to Prevent Acute Lung Injury in Acute Aortic Dissection....Pages 187-187
Long-Term Results of Emergency Prosthetic Vascular Graft Replacement for Acute Stanford A Aortic Dissection....Pages 189-193
Perioperative Risk Factors for Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection....Pages 195-195
Influence of Patent False Lumen on Secondary Dilation of the Distal Aorta Following Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection....Pages 197-197
Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Causing Cardiac Tamponade — A Case Suggesting the Etiology of Intramural Hematoma....Pages 199-199
Outcome of Patients with Acute Aortic Intramural Hematoma in the Extremely Early Stage....Pages 201-201
Borderline Mesenteric Ischemia Caused by Acute Aortic Dissection Borderline Mesenteric Ischemia in Aortic Dissection....Pages 203-206
Validity of Using Ghent Criteria for Japanese Population Suspected of Marfan Syndrome....Pages 207-207
Three Cases of Total Aortic Replacement for Marfan Syndrome....Pages 209-209
Aortic Operations in 150 Patients with Marfan Syndrome: Tokyo Experience....Pages 211-211
Surgery for Extensive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm....Pages 215-219
Surgical Strategy in Aortic Lesion for Marfan Syndrome....Pages 221-224
One-stage Repair of Total Descending Aorta for Extended Pathologies....Pages 225-230
Surgical Results of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Using deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest....Pages 231-231
Simultaneous Surgery for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm with Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 233-238
Svensson\'s (Modified Bentall) Technique using a Long Interposed Graft for Left Coronary Artery Reconstruction....Pages 239-239
Protective Effect on Preserved Aortic Valve Cusps of Reconstructed Pseudosinuses in the Aortic Root Reimplantation Technique....Pages 241-246
Modified Arch First Technique Using a Trifercated Graft....Pages 247-247
Atypical Arch Replacement....Pages 249-253
Distal Aortic Perfusion and Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair....Pages 255-261
Selective Reconstruction of Preoperatively Identified Adamkiewicz Artery During Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair; What we have Learned....Pages 263-263
Three-stage Monitoring for Prevention of Cerebral Malperfusion During Cardiovascular Surgery....Pages 267-270
Induction of Phosphorylated BAD in Motor Neurons After Transient Spinal Cord Ischemia in Rabbits....Pages 271-275
Modifying Anastomotic Site in Thoracic Aortic Surgery by Using Biodegradable Felt Strips With or Without Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor....Pages 277-277
Late Outcome of Extra-anatomic Bypass for Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm....Pages 279-279
The Efficacy of a Bionic Baroreflex System in an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery....Pages 281-281
A Case of Two Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysms Showing Spontaneous Improvement of the First Aneurysm During Development of the Second One....Pages 283-283
Tubercular Pseudoaneurysms of Aorta and its Branches....Pages 285-285
Strategy for Treating Aneurysms in the Distal....Pages 287-287
Redo Left Thoracotomy for Surgical Repair on the Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta....Pages 291-291