2023
Fate of the unoperated ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: three-decade experience from the Aortic Institute at Yale University
Wu J, Zafar M, Liu Y, Chen J, Li Y, Ziganshin B, Ellauzi H, Mukherjee S, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. Fate of the unoperated ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: three-decade experience from the Aortic Institute at Yale University. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: 4579-4588. PMID: 36994934, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse aortic eventsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic sizeAortic aneurysmCox regressionAortic growthRisk factorsSignificant independent risk factorsMultivariable Cox regressionIndependent risk factorCohort of patientsUnivariable Cox regressionSignificant protective factorAortic deathATAA patientsAortic eventsPrimary endpointSurgical interventionThree-decade experienceNatural historyYearly riskProtective factorsAneurysmsPatientsIntervention criteria
2020
Discrepancies in Measurement of the Thoracic Aorta JACC Review Topic of the Week
Elefteriades JA, Mukherjee SK, Mojibian H. Discrepancies in Measurement of the Thoracic Aorta JACC Review Topic of the Week. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 76: 201-217. PMID: 32646571, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.03.084.Peer-Reviewed Original Research