2022
A machine learning approach for predicting complications in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
Ostberg NP, Zafar MA, Mukherjee SK, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. A machine learning approach for predicting complications in descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2022, 166: 1011-1020.e3. PMID: 35120761, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.12.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType B dissectionThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsB dissectionCause mortalityAortic aneurysmReceiver operator curveAortic diameterOperator curveInitial patient encounterOccurrence of dissectionSurgical intervention criteriaMean followPatient sexMyocardial infarctionPatient encountersRetrospective dataEnd pointPatientsAneurysmsDissectionMortalityRisk predictionComplicationsIntervention criteriaRupture
2020
Increased Virulence of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Women
Chen JF, Zafar MA, Wu J, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Papanikolaou D, Kalogerakos P, Abdelbaky M, Ellauzi H, Rohde S, Vinholo TF, Charilaou P, Buntin J, Mukherjee SK, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Increased Virulence of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Women. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 45-52. PMID: 33075319, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsAortic deathFatal complicationAortic sizeAortic aneurysmFaster aneurysm growthMean aortic diameterComplication rateComposite endpointAortic diameterSurgical interventionCurrent guidelinesAneurysm sizeSex considerationsNatural historyAneurysm growthThoracicWomenDissectionYearly rateComplicationsDeathAneurysmsHigh rateSex differences