Lesions of the ascending aorta associated with aortic valve disease are usually treated by implanting a prosthetic valved conduit (Bentall procedure). In this report, we present our experience in whic
Paraplegia secondary to spinal cord ischemia is a devastating complication in operations on the descending and thoracoabdominal aorta. We hypothesized that the tolerance of the spinal cord to an ische
We report the cases of 4 patients in whom surgical ostioplasty was performed for isolated severe ostial stenosis of the left main stem coronary artery. No perioperative death or myocardial infarction
