The Thoracic Aortic Surgery program at the state-of-the-art BWH Shapiro Cardiovascular Center provides diagnosis and care of patients with ascending, arch, descending, and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms or dissections. Available are noninvasive techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography scanning and transesophageal echocardiography, refined techniques of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, graft and host conservation, improved blood salvage systems, graft technology, endovascular graft techniques, and advanced techniques for myocardial, cerebral, and spinal protection.
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