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DETAILED DEVICE DESCRIPTION

LITERATURE / BIBLIOGRAPHY / REFERENCES

Main bibliography includes:

1 - Expandable prosthesis for sutureless anastomosis in thoracic aorta prosthetic substitution.

S Nazari, F Luzzana, C Banfi, Z Mourad, S Salvi, A Gaspari, F Nazari-Coerezza

Eur J Cardiothor Surg,10:1003-1009, 1996

2 - A new prosthesis for aortic arch substitution

S. Nazari, S. Salvi, A. Aluffi, E.Visconti, G.Rescigno, P.Buniva

Ann Thorac Surg, 1997; 64:1339-44

3 - Descending Aorta Substitution Using A Prosthesis With Expandable Ends. Case Report.

S. Nazari, S Salvi, E Visconti, F Caramella, C Rossi, G Rescigno, C Banfi, P Buniva

Journal Of Cardiovascular Surgery 40:417-20, 1999

4 - Improved Device for Sutureless Aortic Anastomosis Applied in a Case of Cancer

A Aluffi, P Buniva, G Rescigno, S Nazari,

Tex Heart Inst J 2002;29:56-9

Main m­eeting presentations include:

1 -Prosthetic substitution of the Aorta without blood flow interruption. Preliminary setting of a new technique.

G.Rescigno, S Nazari, A Guagliano, R Dionigi, A Zonta, M Campani.

Video, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barcelona, 20-23 Sept 1993.

2 - Prosthetic substitution of the aorta without blood flow interruption. Preliminary setting.

A Guagliano, G Rescigno, Z Mourad, V Jemos, Gs Fossati, Ap Bonoldi, U Prati, P Dionigi, S Nazari, A Zonta.

Video. Abstract, proceedings XXVIII Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research, May 23-26, 1993, Turku, Finland - Eur Surg Res 25, S1, 1993, pp51-52

3 - Prosthetic substitution of the descending aorta without blood flow interruption.

S. Nazari,Z Mourad, F. Luzzana

Abstract, Proceedings of the IV Aortic Surgery Symposium, New York, April 20-22, 1994

4 - Less than five minutes cross clamping time for descending aorta prosthetic substitution. Animal test of a new device for a new technique

C.Banfi, Z. Mourad, S.Salvi, F. Luzzana, S.Nazari.

Video, Abstract n?089, Proceedings of 8thAnnual Meeting of The European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, THE HAGUE, Sept 25-28, 1994

5 - Expandable prosthesis for sutureless anastomosis in thoracic aorta prosthetic substitution.

Luzzana F, Banfi C, Ticozzelli G, Barbano T, Casoni L, Nazari S

Video F104, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting of The European Asssociation for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paris, Sept 24-27, 1995

6 - Composite graft with expandable ends for total arch replacement.

S. Nazari,Z. Mourad, C. Banfi, S. Salvi, E. Visconti, A. Aluffi.

Video & Poster, Proceedings Aortic Surgery Symposium V, New York, April 23-26, 1996

7 - Sutureless expandable end prosthesis for descending aorta substitution invaded by bronchogenic cancer

P. Buniva, G. Rescigno, S. Salvi, A. Aluffi, A. Berti, F. Salsi

Video, Proceedings Aortic Surgery Symposium VIII, New York, May 2-3, 2002

8 - New device for thoracic aorta prosthetic substitution

C. Rossella, P. Buniva, A. Aluffi, I. Malusardi, G. Rescigno, S. Nazari

Video – Proceedings of 53nd International Congress of the ESCVS in Ljubljana, June 2-5, 2004

9 - Aortic Arch Substitution in less than 2 minutes.

W.Wang, S. Nazari, F. Lou, Z. Xu.

Video, Proceedings 3rd ISMICS Winter Workshop, Shanghai, RP China, December 2-4, 2005

10 - Thoracic Aorta Substitution in less than 2 minutes.

S. Nazari,

Video, Proceedings 16th  World Congress of World Society of Cardio- Thoracic Surgeons, Ottawa, August 17-20, 2006

11 - Modified Type II expandable device for ascending aorta substitution

S. Nazari,

Video, Proceedings of The 15th Annual Meeting of Asian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, May 17-20, Beijing, R.P. China

Authors address:

Stefano Nazari, MD

e.mail: nazari@fondazionecarrel.org

             stefano.nazari@fastwebnet.it

trial@fondazionecarrel.org