An 81-year-old patient had been diagnosed with an aneurysm in his aortic arch. Due to his age and comorbidities, repairing the aneurysm via an open surgery was deemed high risk. The patient was referred to aortic specialists at Emory Heart & Vascular, enrolled in the ARISE II trial, then successfully treated through a minimally invasive hybrid arch repair.
The procedure was performed with excellent results by vascular surgeon Yazan Duwayri, MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Emory Healthcare, and cardiothoracic surgeon Bradley Leshnower, MD, Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery at Emory Healthcare.
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