1.1. Purpose The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) appointed the Descending
Thoracic Aorta (DTA) Writing Committee (WC) to produce the current clinical practice …

Paraplegia affects up to 22% of patients undergoing thoarcoabdominal aneurysm surgery,
producing long-term morbidity and a significant burden to healthcare. This article discusses …

Objective To discuss the currently available approaches to prevent spinal cord injury during
thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repairs. Methods We carried out a PubMed search up …

Abstract Purpose The artery of Adamkiewicz (AKA) provides the major blood supply to the
anterior thoracolumbar spinal cord and iatrogenic injury or inadequate reconstruction of this …

Purpose The aim of this study was to describe the preoperative topography of the
Adamkiewicz artery and the blood supply of the lumbosacral spinal cord in patients who …

Background Reconstruction of patient-specific biomechanical model of intracranial
aneurysm has been based on different imaging modalities. However, different imaging …

OBJECTIVE: Preservation of spinal cord blood supply during descending thoracic (TAA) and
thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) surgery is mandatory to prevent neurologic …

Despite much advancement in preoperative evaluation and perioperative care of patients
with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA), open surgical repair of TAAAs remains a …

Purpose To evaluate the use of time-resolved magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in the
presurgical localization of the artery of Adamkiewicz prior to reimplantation of the feeding …

Novel developments in MR angiography are reviewed that enable non-invasive clinical
imaging of normal and abnormal vessels of the spinal cord. Current fast contrast-enhanced …