The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has released new reporting standards to ensure patients with Type B aortic dissections (TBAD) receive appropriate treatment and care.
The care of patients with Type B dissections has evolved over time and now includes medical, surgical, and endovascular therapies, often in a multidisciplinary environment, and performed by several specialties, including vascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional radiology, and cardiology.
However, TBAD remains a life-threatening problem whose treatment has been confused by differences in nomenclature and terminology. This combined effort by the SVS and STS provides a unified consensus on reporting, nomenclature, and classification of TBAD and was led by Dr. Joseph Lombardi of SVS and Dr. Chad Hughes of STS.
Dr. Joseph Lombardi joins us today to tell us all about these new standards, and vascular surgery procedures.
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Featuring:
Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS
Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS, is a leading vascular surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive endovascular therapy. Treating all forms of vascular disease, Dr. Lombardi specializes in complex and minimally invasive aortic reconstruction as well as lower extremity arterial disease and carotid stenosis. At Cooper, Dr. Lombardi is pioneering the treatment of thoracic aortic dissection with endovascular stent-grafts and leads international trials on this subject. He is a graduate of LaSalle University, received his Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College, and completed his Residency in General Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Lombardi completed a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellowship in Vascular Gene Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His special interests include performing minimally invasive aortic aneurysm repair, complex aortic repair, thoracic aortic dissection, carotid disease, and peripheral vascular disease.Dr. Lombardi has been named one of U.S. News and Report Magazine “Top Docs”, as well as Philadelphia and SJ magazines “Top Doctors” list over the last decade. Dr. Lombardi is Professor & Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Director of the Cooper Aortic Center, Program Director for the Vascular and Endovascular Fellowship, and residency programs for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
