Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Surgery: When To Have Surgery

There's no simple answer to the question: When can we begin ascending aortic aneurysm surgery? Every person is different. But the simplest way to think about it is, we operate when the risk of surgery is less than the risk of having a rupture or dissection from the aneurysm. In this whiteboard session, Cleveland Clinic's Eric E. Roselli, MD, surgeon in the Department of Thoracic, discusses how they make the decision on when to operate.