A total of 412 chimney stents were used, including 27 in the innominate artery (IA), 113 in the left common carotid artery, 270 in the left subclavian artery, and two in the aberrant right subclavian ...

Three-dimensional computed tomographic findings include multiple stenotic lesions on the carotid and subclavian arteries (A), aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta to the aortic arch and of the ...

The skirt anastomosis can be placed fairly anteriorly on the aortic arch near the level of the innominate artery to facilitate hemostasis; this anastomosis later becomes unimportant when the ...

Balloon angiography can be used as an alternative to minimally invasive procedures or more invasive ones, like a coronary artery bypass. The pre-operative evaluation can also help the healthcare ...

Renowned Indian heart surgeon Dr K M Cherian, who was instrumental in several pioneering cardiac surgeries in India including the first successful coronary artery bypass and heart transplant ...

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines) are headaches that start in the lower part of the brain, called the brainstem. They cause symptoms such as dizziness ...

Stents and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) treat blocked arteries and coronary artery disease (CAD). Stents are a less invasive option, while CABG is a major surgery. Your healthcare provider ...

B: Aortic valve and single coronary artery ostium. 1. Aortic valve. 2. Single coronary artery ostium. 3. Complete atrioventricular septal defect with common atrioventricular valve imageFigure 1 A: ...

In a considerable number of patients, however, the aneurysm terminates at or below the innominate artery, permitting repair under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conditions with an aortic ...

What is carotid angioplasty and stenting? Angioplasty and stenting is a procedure to improve the blood flow in an artery or vein. The carotid artery is a large artery running along each side of your ...

The technique to create a modified B-T shunt was reported by Leval et al. (10). Briefly, a Gore-Tex conduit was adopted to anastomose the innominate artery or subclavian artery and the main pulmonary ...