2023
Bicuspid aortopathy does not require earlier surgical intervention
Zafar M, Wu J, Vinholo T, Li Y, Papanikolaou D, Ellauzi H, Ostberg N, Kalyanasundaram A, Kalogerakos P, Mukherjee S, Ziganshin B, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. Bicuspid aortopathy does not require earlier surgical intervention. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 168: 760-769.e4. PMID: 37088130, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.04.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBicuspid aortic valveAdverse aortic eventsEvent-free survivalAortic eventsAortic sizeAortic diameterAortic growth rateEarly surgical interventionLong-term complicationsRisk of complicationsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic deathComplication rateSurgical repairOperative repairProphylactic surgerySurgical interventionAortic aneurysmAortic valveSurgical correctionBicuspid aortopathyRelative riskExpert centersTAV-ATAAPatients
2018
Chapter 3 Histology of Aortic Disease and Progression of Aortic Dissection From Acute to Chronic
Zafar M, Peterss S, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Chapter 3 Histology of Aortic Disease and Progression of Aortic Dissection From Acute to Chronic. 2018, 41-59. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809979-7.00003-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic stateUncomplicated acute type B dissectionAcute type B dissectionAcute Stanford typeType B dissectionEarly surgical interventionTreatment of choiceChronic dissectionB dissectionStanford typeAortic dissectionMedical therapyAortic diseaseSurgical interventionDissectionAortaTemporal courseHistologyMorphological changesAcuteChronicHistopathologyTherapyDiseaseProgression