Positive family history of aortic dissection dramatically increases dissection risk in family members
Ma WG, Chou AS, Mok SCM, Ziganshin BA, Charilaou P, Zafar MA, Sieller RS, Tranquilli M, Rizzo JA, Elefteriades JA. Positive family history of aortic dissection dramatically increases dissection risk in family members. International Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 240: 132-137. PMID: 28502736, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.04.080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree relativesAortic dissectionFamily historyExposure yearsMore first-degree relativesNew aortic dissectionFamily membersDetailed family history informationPositive family historyLower mean ageTime of dissectionFamily history informationAOD patientsPrognostic valueMean ageIndex patientsHigh riskDissection riskPatientsYounger ageDissectionAgeShort durationRiskFHADsElective surgery for ascending aortic aneurysm in the elderly: should there be an age cut-off?†
Peterss S, Mansour AM, Zafar MA, Thombre K, Rizzo JA, Ziganshin BA, Darr UM, Elefteriades JA. Elective surgery for ascending aortic aneurysm in the elderly: should there be an age cut-off?†. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2017, 51: 965-970. PMID: 28369431, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperative mortalityLow cardiac output syndromeYounger counterpartsElective aneurysm repairHigh operative riskMid-term survivalMulti-organ failureMultivariate regression analysisOutput syndromeElderly patientsOperative riskSurgical groupAneurysm repairIndependent predictorsOperative outcomesSurgical riskElective surgeryOrgan failureSurgical outcomesAortic aneurysmAdvanced ageHigh incidencePatientsAgeRegression analysis