AMDS – a Tool for Every Surgeon

Drs. Wilson Y. Szeto, Arminder Jassar, Michael Moon and Prof. Dr. Aron Fererik Popov discuss about the ease of use of in treating an acute type A aortic dissection, specifically DeBakey Type I (ADTI), a life-threatening, emergent condition. Left untreated mortality is reported to be approximately 1% per hour and approximately 50% in the first 48 hours* Today the standard of care is an ascending replacement or hemiarch repair. While this procedure can successfully remove the primary entry tear, it fails to adequately address the remainder of the diseased aorta, resulting in complications in both the acute and long-term phases. AMDS provide ease of use to cardiothoracic surgeons. It prolongs the circulatory arrest time of the standard hemiarch procedure by only a few minutes without adding significant technical complexity. Discover more about AMDS here: https://artivion.com/product/amds-hyb... Reference: *Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, Hamilton Black J 3rd, Augoustides JG, Beck AW, Bolen MA, Braverman AC, Bray BE, Brown-Zimmerman MM, Chen EP, Collins TJ, DeAnda A Jr, Fanola CL, Girardi LN, Hicks CW, Hui DS, Schuyler Jones W, Kalahasti V, Kim KM, Milewicz DM, Oderich GS, Ogbechie L, Promes SB, Gyang Ross E, Schermerhorn ML, Singleton Times S, Tseng EE, Wang GJ, Woo YJ. 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2022 Dec 13;146(24):e334-e482. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001106. Epub 2022 Nov 2. PMID: 36322642; PMCID: PMC9876736. MLENG1752 000