SPEAKER
Adam Beck, MD
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham

LECTURE TITLE
“Spinal Cord Ischemia: The Achilles’ Heel of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair, or Just Another Hurdle??”

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Demonstrate history of TAAA repair and spinal cord ischemia (SCI)
2. Demonstrate the impact of spinal cord ischemia on outcomes of TAAA repair
3. Review methods of SCI prediction and prevention

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