Publications by authors named "Marion Dorfmeister"
Effect of cerebral protection strategy on outcome of patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
September 2013
Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy and mid- to long-term results of different cerebral protection techniques in the treatment of acute type A aortic dissection.
Methods: Between April 1987 and January 2011, 329 patients (220 male patients; median age, 60 years; range, 16-87) with type A aortic dissection underwent replacement of the ascending aorta or aortic arch with an open distal anastomosis. Either hypothermic circulatory arrest alone at 18 °C (n = 116; 35%) or combined with retrograde cerebral perfusion (n = 122; 37%) or antegrade cerebral perfusion at 25 °C (n = 91; 28%) was used.
Background: Histological response of colorectal cancer liver metastases to chemotherapy may be graded based on the extent of tumor regression. The knowledge about the effect of bevacizumab, if given in addition to fluoropyrimidines and oxaliplatin, on tumor regression and its consequences on clinical outcome is limited.
Materials And Methods: Resected liver metastases from patients of 2 prospective nonrandomized trials (fluoropyrimidines and oxaliplatin +/- bevacizumab) were analyzed retrospectively.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of thoracic endovascular aortic repair with a newly designed Relay thoracic stent graft (Bolton Medical, Sunrise, FL).
Description: Between 2005 and 2007, 22 patients (71.8 +/- 8.
Background: The purpose of this study is to compare costs of conventional surgical therapy with costs of endovascular stent-graft placement in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms.
Methods: Fifteen patients undergoing either conventional surgical therapy or endovascular stent-graft placement of thoracic aortic aneurysms were analyzed. A catalog of costs was then created for both procedures and this catalog was applied individually to each patient.
Background: Supra-aortic transpositions in various extents followed by endovascular stent graft placement are now an established tool in the treatment of various pathologies affecting the aortic arch. Results remain to be determined.
Methods: From 1996 through 2007, 73 patients (median age, 71 years) presented with aortic arch pathology (atherosclerotic aneurysms, n = 42; type B dissections, n = 9; penetrating ulcers, n = 17; traumatic lesions, n = 2; aneurysms based on prior surgery for aortic coarctation, n = 3).
Background: The purpose of this study was to address a previously not described mechanism underlying intramural hematoma (IMH) of the entire thoracic aorta and to test the hypothesis whether endovascular stent graft placement in this particular mechanism could be beneficial.
Methods: Within a 5-year period, we treated 8 patients with IMH affecting the entire thoracic aorta. The presumed site of initial plaque rupture was chosen as target for endovascular stent graft placement.
We report 2 patients who were referred for treatment of hemodynamically significant symptomatic stenosis of the aorta at the thoracoabdominal transition (coral reef aorta) that was causing abdominal angina and intermittent claudication. Both patients underwent successful transfemoral endovascular stent-graft placement and are free of symptoms, with regular findings at 6-month follow-up completion computed tomography scan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The performance of endovascular stent-graft placement in patients suffering from aneurysms involving the descending aorta originating from chronic type B dissections is unclear.
Methods: Within a 2-year period, we treated 6 patients with this pathology. Four patients required extension of the proximal landing zone (autologous double transposition, n = 2; subclavian-to-carotid artery transposition, n = 2) before stent-graft placement.