Subacute/chronic type A aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study
Wu J, Xie E, Qiu J, Huang Y, Jiang W, Zafar MA, Zhang L, Yu C. Subacute/chronic type A aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2019, 57: 388-396. PMID: 31317195, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic TAADAcute TAADLate survival ratesPropensity scoreAortic dissectionChronic typeClinical presentationSurvival rateRetrospective cohort studyEarly mortality rateCurrent surgical strategiesFifteen patientsMild painChest tightnessCohort studySharp painSurgical treatmentSurgical strategyExcellent outcomesLate outcomesTAADMortality ratePainPatientsTypical symptomsSimple renal cysts and bovine aortic arch: markers for aortic disease
Brownstein AJ, Bin Mahmood SU, Saeyeldin A, Velasquez Mejia C, Zafar MA, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Dahl NK, Erben Y, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Simple renal cysts and bovine aortic arch: markers for aortic disease. Open Heart 2019, 6: e000862. PMID: 30774963, PMCID: PMC6350752, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBovine aortic archSimple renal cystsThoracic aortic diseaseAbdominal aortic aneurysmType B aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionAortic dissectionAortic aneurysmAortic diseaseAortic archRenal cystsChronic kidney diseasePresence of hypertensionAortic aneurysm developmentAbdominal CTMultivariable analysisKidney diseaseRetrospective searchPatientsAneurysm developmentAneurysmsPropensity scoreDiseaseDissectionPrevalence