Controversies in Diseases of the Aorta

Contributors

CONSULTING EDITOR

MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of California,

San Francisco; Lucie Stern Chair in Cardiology

and Chief of Clinical Cardiology, University

of California, San Francisco Medical Center,

San Francisco, California

GUEST EDITOR

JOHN A. ELEFTERIADES, MD

William W.L. Glenn Professor and Chief,

Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of

Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine,

Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven,

Connecticut

AUTHORS

MICHAEL ARCARESE, MD

Section of Cardiology, Yale University School

of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

JEAN BACHET, MD, FEBTCS

Senior Cardiovascular Consultant,

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,

Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi,

United Arab Emirates

DONALD M. BOTTA JR, MD

Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine,

New Haven, Connecticut

ALICIA A. CARLSON, MS

Department of Internal Medicine,

University of Texas Health Science

Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

MICHAEL A. COADY, MD, MPH

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University,

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence,

Rhode Island

MICHAEL J. COLLINS, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven

Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine,

New Haven, Connecticut

JOSEPH S. COSELLI, MD

Professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed

Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery,

Baylor College of Medicine; Chief, Section

of Adult Cardiac Surgery, The Texas Heart

Institute at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital,

Houston, Texas

PETER DANYI, MD, MPH, MBA

Cardiology Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth

University, Richmond, Virginia

ANNO DIEGELER, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Director,

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,

Cardiovascular Clinic, Herz- und

Gefaess-Klinik, Bad Neustadt, Germany

Contributorsiv

JOHN A. ELEFTERIADES, MD

William W.L. Glenn Professor and

Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery,

Department of Surgery, Yale University

School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven

Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut

SAMMY ELMARIAH, MD

Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease,

The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis

Center for Cardiovascular Health,

The Zena and Michael A. Wiener

Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount

Sinai School of Medicine, New York,

New York

ANTHONY L. ESTRERA, MD

Associate Professor, Department of

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery,

University of Texas Medical School,

Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular

Institute, Houston, Texas

EMILY A. FARKAS, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Louis

University School of Medicine, St Louis,

Missouri

ROSSELLA FATTORI, MD

Cardiovascular Radiology Unit, Cardiovascular

Department, University Hospital S. Orsola,

Bologna, Italy

MARINA FELDMAN, MD

Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University

School of Medicine, New Haven,

Connecticut

VALENTIN FUSTER, MD, PhD

Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research

Foundation, Professor of Medicine/Cardiology,

The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center

for Cardiovascular Health, The Zena and

Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute,

The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New

York, New York; President of Science,

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones

Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain

ARNAR GEIRSSON, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of

Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of

Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

JAIME GERBER, MD, FACC

Section of Cardiology, Yale University School

of Medicine, New Haven, Cardiology

Associates of New Haven, Guilford,

Connecticut

M.J. JACOBS, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Department of

Vascular Surgery, European Vascular Center

Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital of the

Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische

Hochschule-University Aachen, Aachen,

Germany; Department of Surgery, University

Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht,

The Netherlands

ION S. JOVIN, MD, ScD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department

of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth

University; Director, Cardiac Catheterization

Laboratories, McGuire VAMC, Richmond,

Virginia

T.A. KOEPPEL, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Department

of Vascular Surgery, European Vascular Center

Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital of the

Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule-

University Aachen, Aachen, Germany

AMIT KORACH, MD

Lecturer and Attending Surgeon, Department

of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah Medical

Center, Hebrew University, Ein-Kerem,

Jerusalem, Israel

MOSES LEBOVITS, BA, JD

Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch and Lebovits,

LLP, Los Angeles, California

ARISTIDIS LENOS, MD

Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular

Surgery, Cardiovascular Clinic, Herz- und

Gefaess-Klinik, Bad Neustadt, Germany

STEVE L. LIAO, MD

Instructor of Medicine, James J. Peters

Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Cardiovascular

Division, Department of Medicine, Bronx;

The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center

for Cardiovascular Health, The Zena and

Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute,

The Mount Sinai School of Medicine,

New York, New York

Contributors v

W.H. MESS, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology, Department

of Clinical Neurophysiology, European

Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University

Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht,

The Netherlands

DIANNA M. MILEWICZ, MD, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine,

University of Texas Health Science

Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

ATHENA POPPAS, MD

Division of Cardiology, Alpert School of

Medicine at Brown University, Rhode Island

Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

ELLEN S. REGALADO, MS

Department of Internal Medicine,

University of Texas Health Science

Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

MICHAEL P. ROBICH, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alpert

School of Medicine at Brown University, Rhode

Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

HAZIM J. SAFI, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery,

University of Texas Medical School, Memorial

Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute,

Houston, Texas

RAINER SCHMITT, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Director,

Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular

Clinic, Herz- und Gefaess-Klinik, Bad

Neustadt, Germany

BRETT A. SEALOVE, MD

Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease,

The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis

Center for Cardiovascular Health,

The Zena and Michael A. Wiener

Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount

Sinai School of Medicine, New York,

New York

FRANK W. SELLKE, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alpert

School of Medicine at Brown University,

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode

Island

OZ M. SHAPIRA, MD

Professor and Chief, Department of

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah Medical

Center, Hebrew University, Ein-Kerem,

Jerusalem, Israel

PHILIP H. STOCKWELL, MD

Division of Cardiology, Alpert School of

Medicine at Brown University, Rhode

Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

PETER I. TSAI, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic

Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of

Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine,

Houston, Texas

YUICHI UEDA, MD

Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiac

Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya

University Graduate School of Medicine,

Nagoya, Japan

PAUL P. URBANSKI, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Senior Consultant,

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,

Cardiovascular Clinic, Herz- und

Gefaess-Klinik, Bad Neustadt, Germany

SARINA VAN DER ZEE, MD

Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease,

The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis

Center for Cardiovascular Health,

The Zena and Michael A. Wiener

Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount

Sinai School of Medicine, New York,

New York

ORI WALD, MD, PhD

Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic

Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center,

Hebrew University, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem,

Israel