Hazim J. Safi

Superior Vena Caval Bypass Using the Superficial Femoral Vein for Treatment of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Messner, Gregory N., Azizzadeh, Ali, Huynh, T. Tam, Estrera, Anthony L., Porat, Eyal E., Safi, Hazim J.

We present the case of a 71-year-old woman who had benign, symptomatic, superior vena cava syndrome that was treated with open surgical bypass using the superficial femoral vein. The patient had an...

Staged Repair of Extensive Aortic Aneurysms: Long-term Experience With the Elephant Trunk Technique

Safi, Hazim J., Miller, Charles C., Estrera, Anthony L., Huynh, Tam T. T., Porat, Eyal E., Allen, Bradley S., ...

We report our experience of the staged approach to extensive aortic aneurysm repair known as the elephant trunk technique. Over 12 years, we have performed 321 elephant trunk operations, the largest...

Distal Aortic Perfusion and Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for Thoracoabdominal and Descending Thoracic Aortic Repair: Ten Years of Organ Protection

Safi, Hazim J., Miller, Charles C., Huynh, Tam T.T., Estrera, Anthony L., Porat, Eyal E., Winnerkvist, Anders N., ...

Analysis of our 10-year experience of 1004 descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic graft aneurysm repairs utilizing distal aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage demonstrated the...

Superior Vena Caval Bypass Using the Superficial Femoral Vein for Treatment of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Messner, Gregory N., Azizzadeh, Ali, Huynh, T. Tam, Estrera, Anthony L., Porat, Eyal E., Safi, Hazim J.

We present the case of a 71-year-old woman who had benign, symptomatic, superior vena cava syndrome that was treated with open surgical bypass using the superficial femoral vein. The patient had an...

Staged Repair of Extensive Aortic Aneurysms: Long-term Experience With the Elephant Trunk Technique

Safi, Hazim J., Miller, Charles C., Estrera, Anthony L., Huynh, Tam T. T., Porat, Eyal E., Allen, Bradley S., ...

We report our experience of the staged approach to extensive aortic aneurysm repair known as the elephant trunk technique. Over 12 years, we have performed 321 elephant trunk operations, the largest...

Distal Aortic Perfusion and Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for Thoracoabdominal and Descending Thoracic Aortic Repair: Ten Years of Organ Protection

Safi, Hazim J., Miller, Charles C., Huynh, Tam T.T., Estrera, Anthony L., Porat, Eyal E., Winnerkvist, Anders N., ...

Analysis of our 10-year experience of 1004 descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic graft aneurysm repairs utilizing distal aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage demonstrated the...

Biatrial Myxoma and Cerebral Ischemia Successfully Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy and Surgical Resection

Ibrahim, Morhaf, Iliescu, Cezar, Safi, Hazim J., Buja, Maximilian L., McPherson, David D., Fuentes, Francisco

We report what we believe is the 1st case in the medical literature in which an intravenous thrombolytic agent was used successfully—without massive intracranial bleeding—to treat acute stroke...