1999
Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: a study of growth rates and complications
Coady M, Rizzo J, Hammond G, Kopf G, Elefteriades J. Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: a study of growth rates and complications. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1999, 67: 1922-1926. PMID: 10391339, DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00431-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmDevastating complicationAortic growth rateComplications of ruptureIncidence of dissectionTime of complicationsRisk of dissectionMultivariable regression analysisMedian sizeSurgical intervention criteriaTime of dissectionAcute dissectionElective resectionPerioperative complicationsInitial presentationSurgical interventionRisk factorsThoracic aortaAneurysm sizeComplicationsTime of ruptureYale University SchoolLower mortalityAneurysms
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 survivalWhat is the appropriate size criterion for resection of thoracic aortic aneurysms?
Coady M, Rizzo J, Hammond G, Mandapati D, Darr U, Kopf G, Elefteriades J. What is the appropriate size criterion for resection of thoracic aortic aneurysms? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 1997, 113: 476-491. PMID: 9081092, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(97)70360-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmIncidence of dissectionTime of complicationsMultivariable regression analysisMedian sizeAppropriate size criterionTime of dissectionAcute dissectionElective resectionPerioperative complicationsDevastating complicationOverall survivalAortic dissectionInitial presentationElective operationsSurgical interventionRisk factorsThoracic aortaAneurysm sizeTime of rupturePatientsYale University SchoolAneurysmsLower mortality