2022
Engineering analysis of aortic wall stress and root dilatation in the V-shape surgery for treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms
Dong H, Liu M, Qin T, Liang L, Ziganshin B, Ellauzi H, Zafar M, Jang S, Elefteriades J, Sun W. Engineering analysis of aortic wall stress and root dilatation in the V-shape surgery for treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular And Thoracic Surgery 2022, 34: 1124-1131. PMID: 35134955, PMCID: PMC9159430, DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivac004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRoot dilatationAortic rootAortic wall stressAortic aneurysmWall stressComputed tomography imagesTime pointsAortic root diameterTomography imagesSignificant reductionPost-surgery statesWhole aortaAortic wallSurgeryDilatationClinical cardiacPatientsAverage dilatationStudy objectiveAneurysmsAortaBiomechanical analysisTreatment
2021
Fate of Preserved Aortic Root Following Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair
Ellauzi H, Zafar MA, Wu J, Papanikolaou D, Buntin J, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Fate of Preserved Aortic Root Following Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 34: 419-427. PMID: 33979665, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere aortic insufficiencyAortic insufficiencyAortic rootAcute typeAortic dissectionAortic replacementFree ruptureAdverse eventsAcute Type A Aortic Dissection RepairType A Aortic Dissection RepairProximal aortic suture lineSatisfactory long-term outcomeAortic dissection repairAortic root pseudoaneurysmAortic suture lineNon-reoperated patientsProximal aortic reoperationsAortic root diameterLong-term outcomesLong-term survivalAortic reoperationDissection repairOperative mortalityPrior surgeryOverall survival
2017
Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome.
Saeyeldin A, Zafar MA, Velasquez CA, Ip K, Gryaznov A, Brownstein AJ, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Erben Y, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome. Annals Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2017, 6: 625-632. PMID: 29270374, PMCID: PMC5721101, DOI: 10.21037/acs.2017.11.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic root aneurysmAortic root diameterAortic dissectionRoot aneurysmMFS patientsAortic complicationsAdverse eventsAortic rootNatural historyRisk of complicationsAortic root dilatationMarfan syndrome patientsLogistic regression modelsAortic regurgitationCardiovascular complicationsHemodynamic roleDreadful complicationRoot dilatationAortic diameterLarge aneurysmsSyndrome patientsMarfan syndromeComplicationsPatientsAneurysms