2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Lifetime Management of the Aorta: Surgical Intervention

The 2023 UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Lifetime Management of the Aorta brought together experts in pediatric and adult cardiology and cardiac surgery, adult congenital heart disease, genetics, cardiovascular imaging, vascular surgery and subspecialists in orthopedics and ophthalmology to explore current gold standard management techniques, strategies for overcoming complex medical management issues, technical pearls for challenging surgical interventions, and the importance of the provision of support resources for treatment of the aortic patient across the lifespan. Importantly, this course explored the critical programmatic elements needed to facilitate truly integrated and comprehensive aortic care.

View the presentations focusing on surgical intervention here.

For more information or to refer a patient, please email HVIReferral@upmc.edu.

Section 2: Surgical Intervention: Moderated by Ibrahim Sultan, MD, Victor O. Morell, MD, and Michael Singh, MD

• Surgical Intervention for Aortic Disease: Prophylactic Surgical Intervention for Thoracic Aortic Disease—Primum Non Nocere
  • Presented by: Thoralf Sundt, MD

   2023 Aorta Conference | Thoralf M. Sundt, MD 

   

• Surgery for Aortic Root Aneurysms: How We Do It
  • Presented by: Victor O. Morell, MD

   2023 Aorta Conference | Surgery for Aortic Root Aneurysms | How We Do It | Victor O. Morell, MD 

   

• Management for Acute Aortic Dissection: The Pittsburgh Paradigm
  • Presented by: Ibrahim Sultan, MD

   2023 Aorta Conference | Ibrahim Sultan

   

• Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in 2023: What Has Changed
  • Presented by: Anthony L. Estrera, MD

  2023 Aorta Conference | Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in 2023 | Anthony L. Estrera, MD, FACS

   

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Lessons Over the Past Two Decades
  • Presented by: Michael Singh, MD

  2023 Aorta Conference | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | Michael J. Singh, MD

   

• Mesenteric Artery Aneurysms: When to Treat?
  • Presented by: Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH

   2023 Aorta Conference | When to Treat Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm | Mohammad H. Islami, MD, MPH

   

• Routine Surveillance after EVAR for Aortic Disease: Is it Warranted?
  • Presented by: Rabih Chaer, MD

   2023 Aorta Conference | Routine Surveillance after EVAR for Aortic Disease | Rabih A. Chaer, MD, Msc

   

• Panel Discussion

 2023 Aorta Conference | Panel 2