2023
Evidence Accumulates: Patients with Ascending Aneurysms Are Strongly Protected from Atherosclerotic Disease
Waldron C, Zafar M, Ziganshin B, Weininger G, Grewal N, Elefteriades J. Evidence Accumulates: Patients with Ascending Aneurysms Are Strongly Protected from Atherosclerotic Disease. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 15640. PMID: 37958625, PMCID: PMC10650782, DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmCarotid intima-media thicknessLow-density lipoprotein levelsIntima-media thicknessDevelopment of atherosclerosisMatrix metalloproteinase proteinsAscending aneurysmAortic calcificationAtherosclerotic diseaseLipoprotein levelsMyocardial infarctionLeading causeAneurysmsMetalloproteinase proteinsGrowth factorProtective relationshipDiseasePossible mechanismCurrent understandingMorbidityInfarctionAtherosclerosisPatientsPathophysiology
2022
Aortic gene dictionary in the precision medicine era—update from the Aortic Institute at Yale New Haven
Papanikolaou D, Zafar MA, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Aortic gene dictionary in the precision medicine era—update from the Aortic Institute at Yale New Haven. Indian Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2022, 38: 14-23. PMID: 35463698, PMCID: PMC8980985, DOI: 10.1007/s12055-021-01308-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research