The Cardiovascular Hybrid Room -- The Cardiovascular Hybrid Room -- Accessories Used in Thoracic Endografting -- Balloons Used in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Catheters Used in Endografting of the Thoracic Aorta -- Equipment Required for Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Guidewires Used in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Sheaths Used in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Stents Used in Conjunction with Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Vascular Closure Devices -- Imaging Required for Thoracic Endografting -- Fluoroscopy and Angiographic Imaging in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Case-Specific CT Imaging to Evaluate Thoracic Aortic Pathologies -- Intravascular Ultrasound Applications to the Thoracic Aorta -- Endovascular Imaging, Planning, and Sizing for Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms -- Access Techniques Required for Thoracic Endografting -- Brachial Access Techniques Used in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Transfemoral Access Techniques in Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Retroperitoneal Access for Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Techniques for Constructing an Endoconduit -- Bolton Relay Thoracic Endovascular Stent Graft Device -- Bolton Relay Thoracic Stent Graft System -- Cook Zenith Thoracic Stent Graft Device -- Zenith TX2 Thoracic Endograft -- Cook Zenith Dissection Endovascular Stent -- COOK Medical Accessories Used for Deployment of the TX2 COOK Stent Graft -- Clinical Data Using the Zenith TX2 Thoracic Graft -- W.L. Gore TAG Thoracic Endovascular Stent Graft Device -- The Gore TAG Endoprosthesis -- Gore TAG Multicenter Phase II Trial -- Five-Year Results of Endovascular Treatment with the Gore TAG Device Compared with Open Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms -- Technique of Thoracic Endografting for Thoracic Aneurysm Using the Approved Gore TAG Device -- Medtronic Talent/Valiant Thoracic Endovascular Stent Graft -- Talent Thoracic Stent Graft -- Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft -- Pivotal Results of the Medtronic Vascular Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System: The VALOR Trial -- Endografting for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms -- Endovascular Management of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Using a Cook Zenith TX2 Endograft -- Management of a Patient with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Using Gore TAG Device -- Management of a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Using a Talent Stent Graft -- Endovascular Management of a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Using a Retroperitoneal Conduit -- Endografting for Thoracic Aortic Dissections -- Endovascular Management of Acute Type B Dissection -- Endovascular Management of Chronic Type B Thoracic Aortic Dissection -- Retrograde Type A Dissection After Endovascular Management of Type B Dissection -- Endografting for Varied Thoracic Aortic Pathologies -- Aorto-bronchial Fistula -- Endovascular Management of Penetrating Aortic Ulcer -- Endovascular Approach to Coarctation of the Thoracic Aorta -- Endovascular Management of Traumatic Aortic Disruption -- Thoracic Aortic Endografting for Traumatic Transection -- Hybrid Management of the Thoracic Aorta: Extending Proximal Landing Zones -- Complications of Thoracic Aortic Endografting -- Future Technology -- Endovascular Management of Ascending Aortic Pathologies -- Use of a Remote Wireless Pressure Sensor for Post-operative Surveillance of Thoracic Endoluminal Grafts.

The development of less invasive technologies has resulted in a changing paradigm for the management of aortic diseases. Endovascular and hybrid surgical approaches have gradually been adopted by cardiovascular surgeons and have proven to shorten hospitalization, reduce morbidity and mortality, speed recovery and hasten return to normal life, and consequently have shown to be favorable to open surgical techniques in most situations. Nevertheless, the current training programs have not been designed to accommodate the rapid evolution in endovascular technology, 3D imaging modalities, intravascular ultrasound technology and advanced navigational tools. It is essential that cardiovascular surgeons have the fundamental knowledge and skill sets required to understand and incorporate all these latest technology into the practice of aortic surgery. The Manual of Thoracic Endoaortic Surgery identifies both the limitations and the advantages of thoracic aortic endografting techniques. While there is no substitute for learning from experience, the book provides a useful tool for practitioners as they plan and execute treatment plans for patients with these various thoracic aortic pathologies as well as serving as a useful reference as this segment of the field expands.