The 3f Enable sutureless bioprosthesis: Early results, safeguards, and pitfalls.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical and hemodynamic performance of the 3f Enable (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) sutureless bioprosthesis in the early postoperative period. Its implantation technique was also evaluated highlighting the modifications in regard to the original technique and mistakes made throughout the learning curve.

Methods: This is a prospective, nonrandomized study.

St. Jude Medical Trifecta™ aortic valve perioperative performance in 200 patients.

Objectives: The St. Jude Medical Trifecta aortic bioprosthesis (St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Endovascular treatment for pseudoaneurysms after surgical correction of aortic coarctation.

Late complications after surgical repair of aortic coarctation are not uncommon. Among these complications pseudoaneurysms are the most frequent complications, occurring between 3 and 38%. Reoperation in these patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality.

Primary stenting immediatly after surgery in occluded anastomoses of aortoaortic tube graft: a case report.

The conventional elective open procedures for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are reliable and yield durable results. The aortoaortic tube graft has the lowest morbidity incidence when compared with different techniques. Albeit infrequent, thrombosis can be present in the first 30 days.