Sentences with phrase «aortic dissection surgeries»

These complex aortic dissection surgeries benefit from cerebral perfusion, with 85 % of cases currently using the technique.

The mortality rate for type A aortic dissection surgery remains high at 19 %, but risk for certain complications such as pneumonia and reoperation are significantly lower.

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«Aortic dissection in the chest is a life - threatening condition that requires immediate care, usually emergency surgery,» says Matias Hannuksela, medical doctor at the University Hospital of Umeå Heart Centre and author of the doctoral dissertation.

Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection — one of the highest risk operations in cardiothoracic surgery.

Rushed to a nearby hospital, Tom was subjected to multiple surgeries addressing the condition, an aortic type dissection, and its many rippled effects, which included partial kidney and lung failure, the left lower extremity ischemia, and the eventual amputation of his left leg.»