POCATELLO — Doctors Jacob DeLaRosa and Julio Vasquez with the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Service of Portneuf Medical Center recently published a review article in the “Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas” journal.

    The title of the article is “Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair” and provides a step by step approach of the procedure. Both doctors perform such procedures on a regular basis at PMC.

    This journal acts as a world recognized source of information in the realm of surgical specialties, according to a news release. It is an official publication of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, which provides technique-based articles in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery written by renowned surgeons in the field.

    The current editor-in-chief of the journal is Doctor of Medicine J. William Gaynor from the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the University of Pennsylvania.