2023
Safety of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic replacement surgery
Nasir A, Zafar M, Abdelbaky M, Papanikolaou D, Ellauzi H, Shaikh M, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Safety of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic replacement surgery. Annals Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2023, 12: 47683-47483. PMID: 37817851, PMCID: PMC10561341, DOI: 10.21037/acs-2023-scp-0121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebrospinal fluid drainageThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsSpinal cord injuryOpen surgical repairSurgical repairElectronic health recordsAortic aneurysmFluid drainagePersistent cerebrospinal fluid leakageAortic replacement surgeryMean hospital lengthSpinal cord protectionRetrospective chart reviewThoracic aortic aneurysmThoracoabdominal aortic diseaseCerebrospinal fluid leakageLong-term survivalHospital mortalityHospital lengthPermanent paraplegiaChart reviewMinor complicationsPatient agePostoperative courseCutaneous fistula
2022
A machine learning approach for predicting complications in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
Ostberg NP, Zafar MA, Mukherjee SK, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. A machine learning approach for predicting complications in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2022, 166: 1011-1020.e3. PMID: 35120761, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.12.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType B dissectionThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsB dissectionCause mortalityAortic aneurysmReceiver operator curveAortic diameterOperator curveInitial patient encounterOccurrence of dissectionSurgical intervention criteriaMean followPatient sexMyocardial infarctionPatient encountersRetrospective dataEnd pointPatientsAneurysmsDissectionMortalityRisk predictionComplicationsIntervention criteriaRupture
2021
Safety of perioperative cerebrospinal fluid drain as a protective strategy during descending and thoracoabdominal open aortic repair
Abdelbaky M, Papanikolaou D, Zafar MA, Ellauzi H, Shaikh M, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Safety of perioperative cerebrospinal fluid drain as a protective strategy during descending and thoracoabdominal open aortic repair. JTCVS Techniques 2021, 6: 1-8. PMID: 34318127, PMCID: PMC8300913, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebrospinal fluid drainsThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsOpen aortic repairAortic repairAortic aneurysmFluid drainsPersistent CSF leakageMean hospital lengthMean patient ageLate clinical resultsThoracic aortic aneurysmLong-term survivalHospital mortalityPostoperative paraplegiaHospital lengthPermanent paraplegiaPatient ageCutaneous fistulaOpen repairTransient paresisSurgical managementIntracranial hemorrhageClinical resultsLumbar pressureIntracranial pressure
2020
Increased Virulence of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Women
Chen JF, Zafar MA, Wu J, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Papanikolaou D, Kalogerakos P, Abdelbaky M, Ellauzi H, Rohde S, Vinholo TF, Charilaou P, Buntin J, Mukherjee SK, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Increased Virulence of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Women. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 45-52. PMID: 33075319, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsAortic deathFatal complicationAortic sizeAortic aneurysmFaster aneurysm growthMean aortic diameterComplication rateComposite endpointAortic diameterSurgical interventionCurrent guidelinesAneurysm sizeSex considerationsNatural historyAneurysm growthThoracicWomenDissectionYearly rateComplicationsDeathAneurysmsHigh rateSex differences