2024
The role of anatomic shape features in the prognosis of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection initially treated with optimal medical therapy
Liu M, Dong H, Mazlout A, Wu Y, Kalyanasundaram A, Oshinski J, Sun W, Elefteriades J, Leshnower B, Gleason R. The role of anatomic shape features in the prognosis of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection initially treated with optimal medical therapy. Computers In Biology And Medicine 2024, 170: 108041. PMID: 38330820, PMCID: PMC10932856, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType B aortic dissectionTreated with optimal medical therapyAortic growth rateOptimal medical therapyUncomplicated type B aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionMedical therapyCT scanPatients' long-term survivalType B aortic dissection patientsLong-term outcomesLong-term survivalFailure groupAortic expansionChronic phaseFailure patientsPatientsCT imagesTherapyDissectionStatistical shape modelFailurePrognosisScanningRegression
1997
Multimodality serial follow-up of thoracic aortic aneurysms
Rizzo J, Darr U, Fischer M, Johnson K, Finkle J, Gusberg R, Kopf G, Abbott T, Shevchenko I, Elefteriades J. Multimodality serial follow-up of thoracic aortic aneurysms. International Journal Of Angiology 1997, 6: 153-156. DOI: 10.1007/bf01616173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThoracic aortaAortic dissectionMale patientsLarge aneurysmsMultivariate risk factor analysisYale-New Haven HospitalThoraco-abdominal aortaThoracic aortic aneurysmThoracic aorta aneurysmRisk factor analysisDiagnostic imaging testsTime of dissectionAortic expansionSurgical interventionAortic aneurysmAorta aneurysmImaging testsTime of rupturePatientsAneurysmsAortaImaging studiesDissectionLong-term survival prospectsLower survival