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Yale-New Haven Hospital Heart and Vascular Center performs the entire spectrum of open and miminally invasive vascular procedures. Procedures are determined by the patient’s needs, health and particular circumstances. Safety, effectiveness and durability are matched to each patient.
Yale-New Haven offers a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with disease of the branches of the aorta that supply the kidneys or intestines. Non-invasive and minimally invasive therapies are used to characterize the anatomy and assess both the hemodynamic and functional significance of blockages and lesions.
Open procedures
Minimally-invasive procedures
A leading center
Yale-New Haven Hospital Heart and Vascular Center is one of the country’s foremost centers for the treatment and study of aneurysms of the aorta, emphasizing the dynamic interface between the pulsating artery and the fixed-stent graft.
Pioneering the field today
The Center is leading the way in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the aorta. Through a collaboration with the University of Utrect in the Netherlands, new types of endovascular grafts are being developed that may allow fixation to side branches of the aorta.
We are among the foremost programs in the region to apply evidence-based treatment to preserve limb function and prevent foot and leg amputations. Our specialists carefully assess and manage vascular disease, biomechanical abnormalities, wound coverage, infections, and metabolic derangements. This multidisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive treatment protocol and significantly increases the chances of successfully healing the ulcer and preventing recurrence. A minimally invasive approach to the treatment of venous disease is also offered.
New hope for tomorrow
The Hospital’s advanced expertise in covered stent technology for vascular aneurysms recently enabled collaboration between vascular surgery and a Yale pediatric cardiologist to perform Connecticut’s first non-operative repair of a descending aortic aneurysm associated with aortic coarctation.
Further collaborations and innovative procedures will likely offer patients less pain and shorter recoveries.
Jeffrey S. Pollak, MD
