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Aortic Aneurysms
Pathogenesis and Treatment

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© 2026
Latest edition

Editors:
George J. Arnaoutakis,
Ibrahim Sultan,
Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr.

• Comprehensively discusses the latest in clinical management of aortic aneurysms and aortic disease
• Explores the development and use of stent grafts for aortic aneurysm repair, including possible risks and complications
• Provides substantive background on the history and development of endovascular aneurysm repair

  About this book

• Aortic aneurysms are common and may be lethal if undetected and leading to rupture. Aortic disease is among the leading cause of death in the United States with aneurysm disease specifically being the 13th leading cause. Along with increasing life expectancy, the frequency with which cardiovascular specialists will encounter patients with aortic disease is also increasing. Therefore, it is important that physicians who deal with the aging population, such as cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, and cardiologists be familiar with the diagnosis and management principles of aortic aneurysms. The lack of effective medical therapy makes timely surgical intervention the only viable treatment option for aortic aneurysms once they attain a certain diameter. Unfortunately, aortic aneurysms are clinically silent until patients present with catastrophic aortic rupture.

This book is intended to be an authoritative and comprehensive volume dedicated to aortic disease with particular emphasis on aortic aneurysms in line with the previous edition. The current proposed book builds on the initial edition by focusing on aneurysms and adding chapters on other aortic pathology involving the entire length of the aorta from aortic root to terminal aorta, thereby appealing to an even broader audience consisting of cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, and cardiologists. While the initial chapters deal with suchtopics as genetics, inflammation, and imaging modalities, the vast extent of the book is meant to serve as a primer on clinical care, specifically on surgery for aortic aneurysms and other aorta-related conditions.
Aortic Aneurysms is a vital resource resource for physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students who practice or are training to practice cardiovascular surgery and cardiology.

Table of contents (30 chapters)

Front Matter
Pages i-xi

Genetics of Aortic Aneurysm
Karen Kim, Courtney Bromberek
Pages 1-8

Inflammatory Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Lee M. Fuentes, George J. Arnaoutakis
Pages 9-21

Contemporary Imaging of Aortic Disease
Brennan A. Lanier, Lakshya Trivedi, Sneha Vakamudi
Pages 23-46

Best Medical Management of AAA
Jason R. Cook, Jonathan R. Thompson, B. Timothy Baxter
Pages 47-57

Surgery for Aortic Root Aneurysm
Lee M. Fuentes, George J. Arnaoutakis
Pages 59-81

Surgery for Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Sivaveera Kandasamy, Bradley S. Taylor
Pages 83-92

Surgical Management of Aortic Arch Aneurysms
R. Wilson King, Michael T. Cain, Yuki Ikeno, T. Brett Reece
Pages 93-107

Hybrid Aortic Arch Reconstruction
Joshua C. Grimm, Karen Kim, George J. Arnaoutakis
Pages 109-117

Surgical Management of Type A Aortic Dissection
Derek Serna-Gallegos, Ibrahim Sultan
Pages 119-143

Endovascular Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissections
Adam Daly, Eric E. Roselli
Pages 145-155

Nonoperative Management of Type B Aortic Dissection
John R. Spratt, George J. Arnaoutakis
Pages 157-166

Operative Management of Type B Dissection
Alexander P. Nissen, Bradley G. Leshnower
Pages 167-182

Management of Thoracic Aortic Infections
Irbaz Hameed, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula
Pages 183-199

Open Operative Therapy for the Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aorta
Davut Cekmecelioglu, Ourania Preventza
Pages 201-220

Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Farhang Yazdchi, Shinichi Fukuhara
Pages 221-231

Surgical Treatment of Non-ruptured Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
C. Adam Banks, Adam W. Beck
Pages 233-260

Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
James H. Black III
Pages 261-272

Complications and Secondary Interventions After Elective Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Michael J. Singh, Nathan L. Liang
Pages 273-293

Fenestrated/Branched Endovascular Stent-Grafts: Current Applications
Trung Nguyen, Dean J. Arnaoutakis
Pages 295-305

Open Surgical Treatment of Pararenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Robert J. Beaulieu
Pages 307-317

Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Brian Fazzone, Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., Zain Shahid
Pages 319-340

Treatment of Mycotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Infected Aortic Grafts and Endografts
J. Gregory Modrall, Antonio Solano
Pages 341-361

Evaluation and Management of Aortoenteric Fistula
Salvatore T. Scali, Scott T. Robinson
Pages 363-379

Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in the Setting of Coexistent Renal and Splanchnic Disease
Fernando Motta, F. Ezequiel Parodi, Mark A. Farber
Pages 381-400

Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Renal Ectopia and Renal Fusion
Jonathan R. Krebs, Michol A. Cooper
Pages 401-413

Aortocaval Fistula
David Strosberg, Alan Dardik
Pages 415-420

Mesenteric Ischemia Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Amanda C. Filiberto, Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., Michol Cooper
Pages 421-434

Evaluation and Treatment of Isolated Common Iliac Artery Aneurysms
Karthik Bhat, Guillermo A. Escobar
Pages 435-442

Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Isolated Hypogastric Artery Aneurysms
Diego V. S. Rodrigues, Bernardo C. Mendes, Todd E. Rasmussen
Pages 443-452

True Femoral and Popliteal Artery Aneurysms: Clinical Features and Treatment
Elizabeth Andraska, Rabih Chaer
Pages 453-465
Back Matter
Pages 467-476

Editors and Affiliations

University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
George J. Arnaoutakis, Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Ibrahim Sultan
About the editors
George J. Arnaoutakis, MD, is an assistant professor in the division of cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is also the director of the physician assistant residency program, surgical director of the transcatheter valve program, associate director of the UF Health Aortic Disease Center, and director of the UF Health Comprehensive Bicuspid Valve program.
He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, or STS, and the STS Database Task Force on Longitudinal Follow-up and External Linkages. Additionally, Dr. Arnaoutakis has presented at national meetings, authored 130 peer reviewed journal articles and over a dozen book chapters, and is on the editorial board for Journal of Cardiac Surgery.

Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., MD, is the Copeland/Horowitz Chair at the University of Florida (UF) Department of Surgery. He joined UF in 2017 as an internationally acclaimed clinician, researcher and educator. Earning his MD at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dr. Upchurch trained at Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital as well the Cleveland Clinic. Before joining UF, he served as chief of vascular and endovascular surgery and the medical director of the Heart and Vascular Center at the University of Virginia, where he was also the William H. Muller Jr. Professor of Surgery.

Dr. Upchurch is a clinician scientist with multiple NIH R01’s studying aortic aneurysms. He has given over 500 invited/extramural lectures, while also publishing over 515 papers in refereed journals and 115 book chapters. Dr. Upchurch maintains an active role on numerous peer-reviewed journals, serving on the editorial boards of the Annals of Surgery and JACS. He has also served as editor/ associate editor on 18 books. He has served as Chair of the Vascular Surgery Board and was on American Board of Surgery Council. Presently, he is on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Upchurch is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Surgical Society, the Halsted Society, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (Distinguished Fellow). He is Past President of the Southern Surgical Association, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery. Currently he is an officer in the Society of Surgical Chairs and Vice President of the Halsted Society. Dr. Upchurch was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021 and won the prestigious Flanz-Karl Award from the American Surgical Association in 2025.

Ibrahim Sultan, MD is an associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Universityof Pittsburgh. He is also the Director of the Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease and the Surgical Director of the Center for Heart Valve Disease at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He serves as the associate program director for the integrated thoracic surgery residency at UPMC.

He is a fellow of the American college of surgeons and the American College of Cardiology. He is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Heart Association. He serves as a principal investigator on multiple research trials, has published more than 200 articles on cardiovascular and aortic disease, and is a member of multiple editorial boards such as Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Journal of Cardiac Surgery.

Bibliographic Information

Hardcover ISBN978-3-032-13133-1Published: 20 February 2026
Softcover ISBN978-3-032-13136-2Due: 06 March 2027
Series ISSN2196-8969
Series E-ISSN2196-8977
Edition Number2
Number of PagesXI, 476
Number of Illustrations83 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
Topics Cardiology, Surgery, Internal Medicine

Keywords

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Therapy
Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Aortic Aneurysms
Aortic Disease
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Thoracoabdominal disease
Bicuspid aortic valve
Marfan syndrome
Aortic Rupture
Hybrid Arch therapy
Connective Tissue Disorder
Endovascular therapy
Stent
Stent Graft