2006
Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns
Albornoz G, Coady MA, Roberts M, Davies RR, Tranquilli M, Rizzo JA, Elefteriades JA. Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2006, 82: 1400-1405. PMID: 16996941, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAbdominal aortic aneurysmFamilial thoracic aortic aneurysmsAortic aneurysmMarfan syndromeAortic growth rateNon-Marfan patientsIncidence of hypertensionAggressive clinical entityPredominant inheritance patternSporadic groupMarfan groupStudy patientsCerebral circulationClinical entityThoracic aortaAbdominal aortaInheritance patternMFS groupMFS patientsTAA groupLarge cohortAneurysm sitePatientsAneurysms
1999
DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Coady M, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 827-839. PMID: 10589349, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70118-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical interventionAcute ascending aortic dissectionAscending aortic dissectionConcomitant aortic insufficiencyIntervention criteriaLarger patient numbersAppropriate clinical careThoracic aortic aneurysmSize criteriaSurgical intervention criteriaOverall physical conditionAortic insufficiencyAdverse eventsAortic dissectionPatient ageAortic sizeOrgan compressionPatient enrollmentPatient numbersAortic aneurysmThoracic aortaSymptomatic stateClinical careClinical experienceLife expectancyINTERPRETING DATA ON THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS Statistical Issues
Rizzo J, Coady M, Elefteriades J. INTERPRETING DATA ON THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS Statistical Issues. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 797-805. PMID: 10589346, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70115-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionAortic RuptureBiasData Interpretation, StatisticalDisease ProgressionHumansRisk FactorsSurvival Analysis