This gem of a book on aortic dissection brings together all the superstars in the field as authors and is edited by two of them, Germano Melissano and Roberto Chiesa. The volume contains the most thorough and up-to-date information on this disease entity and its treatment. It also includes two chapters that provide perspectives of patients suffering from this serious disease, which is so often unrecognized and poorly treated. Accordingly, this text is a “must-have” for all specialists and generalists interested in the challenging disease process of aortic dissections.
This gem of a book on aortic dissection brings together all the superstars in the field as authors and is edited by two of them, Germano Melissano and Roberto Chiesa. The volume contains the most thorough and up-to-date information on this disease entity and its treatment. It also includes two chapters that provide perspectives of patients suffering from this serious disease, which is so often unrecognized and poorly treated. Accordingly, this text is a “must-have” for all specialists and generalists interested in the challenging disease process of aortic dissections. This valuable text was published during the highly esteemed “Aortic Surgery – How To Do It” international meeting, which has been running for 14 years and enjoys a superb international reputation. The meeting has a stellar faculty and has been endorsed by many scientific societies and the Marfan Foundation (a prominent USA-based patients association). It is attended annually by more than 1,000 delegates and is further described at www.aorticsurgery.it.
Germano Melissano and Roberto Chiesa
Germano Melissano, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan. He is a researcher in Clinical Trials and Surgery. One of his current projects is "Spinal Cord Ischemia after open and endovascular aortic procedures". He has been the Organizer and Scientific Director of 15 Courses of Surgical Techniques concerning: Anastomotic techniques and peripheral revascularization, Carotid Surgery, Abdominal Aortic Surgery, held in Milan (Italy), Siena (Italy) and Salvador Bahia (Brazil). He has been the Organizer and Scientific Director of 6 editions of the international congress "Aortic Surgery: How to do it", held in Milan with the participation of more than 1000 delegates in each edition. He has been Teacher and Secretary of the 5-year Residency Program in Vascular Surgery at San Raffaele University. Furthermore, he is teacher in other surgical residency programs at the same University. He has been Co-Director of the Postgraduate Master Course in Aortic Surgery at San Raffaele University. In 26 years of surgical experience, he has performed over 12,000 operations, including open and endovascular cases, major complex aortic cases, thoracic, abdominal, thoracoabdominal, carotid, peripheral, splanchnic and venous cases.
Roberto Chiesa is Professor of Vascular Surgery at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Director of the Vascular Surgery Unit of San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. He is a member of the most prestigious Italian and international Vascular Surgery Societies, author of 9 monographs and more than 700 scientific publications in Italian and international journals. He has participated as a lecturer at more than 300 nationaland international congresses concerning vascular surgery. He is the scientific coordinator of the Vascular Update Journal that is dedicated to the regular updating of international literature in the fields of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He is an Appointed Member of the Planning commission to put forward suggestions and opinions related to the institutional activities of the Italian Ministry of Health. He has been Board member of the French Society of Vascular Surgery (SCV – Société de Chirurgie Vasculaire de Langue Française) and, subsequently, President elected of the French Society of Vascular Surgery for the year 2013.
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This gem of a book on aortic dissection brings together all the superstars in the field as authors and is edited by two of them, Germano Melissano and Roberto Chiesa. The volume contains the most thorough and up-to-date information on this disease entity and its treatment. It also includes two chapters that provide perspectives of patients suffering from this serious disease, which is so often unrecognized and poorly treated. Accordingly, this text is a “must-have” for all specialists and generalists interested in the challenging disease process of aortic dissections.
