Aortic Surgery Symposium 2012 discussions—Panel 4 (sessions VII and VII): Descending thoracic aorta, thoracaobadominal aorta, and dissection

ModeratorSteven L. Lansman, MD, PhD, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY.PanelistsWilson Y. Szeto, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Giampiero Esposito, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Cliniche Humanitas, Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy; Niels Rahe-Meyer, MD, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Germany; Ourania Preventza, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas; Eric E. Roselli, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; G. Chad Hughes, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Toru Kuratani, MD, Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Santi Trimarchi, MD, Thoracic Aortic Research Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy; Marco Di Eusanio, MD, Departments of Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpihgi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.