Firas Mussa
Professor of Vascular Surgery
UT-Houston
Texas, USA
Firas F Mussa is Professor of Surgery at UT-Houston. While the clinical practice is comprehensive, the research interest for most of his career has been aortic dissection. From technical conduct of complex repair of aortic dissection to running the recently launched IMPROVE-AD trial on the appropriate management of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection. Dr. Mussa holds an adjunct affiliation with Imperial College-London.
Talks
15:50 to 16:10
Global roundtable on evidence for managing uncomplicated Type B dissection
3 minute update on uncomplicated TBAD trials
Moderator: Kevin Mani
Panel: Firas Mussa, Colin Bicknell, Jacob Budtz-Lilly
Discussion points:
- Medical optimisation, how is this being achieved in practice in the trials?
- Does device choice and timing of intervention really change outcomes?
- What are we learning from the patients not included in the trials? Data from screening
- How generalisable are these trials - management of dissections and centres of expertise
16:10 to 16:25
IMH is not a separate disease: It should be treated the same as dissection
For: Firas Mussa, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, USA
Against: Jacob-Budtz-Lilly, Aarhus University, Denmark
Firas Mussa, Jacob Budtz-LillyOther Speakers
Federica Catapano
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Diagnostic Radiologist
Humanitas University and Cardiovascular Imaging Unit at IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital
Milan, Italy
Anders Wanhainen
Professor (Chair) of Vascular Surgery and Deputy Head, Department of Surgical Sciences
Uppsala University
Sweden