2024
The role of anatomic shape features in the prognosis of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection initially treated with optimal medical therapy
Liu M, Dong H, Mazlout A, Wu Y, Kalyanasundaram A, Oshinski J, Sun W, Elefteriades J, Leshnower B, Gleason R. The role of anatomic shape features in the prognosis of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection initially treated with optimal medical therapy. Computers In Biology And Medicine 2024, 170: 108041. PMID: 38330820, PMCID: PMC10932856, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType B aortic dissectionTreated with optimal medical therapyAortic growth rateOptimal medical therapyUncomplicated type B aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionMedical therapyCT scanPatients' long-term survivalType B aortic dissection patientsLong-term outcomesLong-term survivalFailure groupAortic expansionChronic phaseFailure patientsPatientsCT imagesTherapyDissectionStatistical shape modelFailurePrognosisScanningRegression
2021
A probabilistic and anisotropic failure metric for ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm risk assessment
Liu M, Liang L, Zou Q, Ismail Y, Lou X, Iannucci G, Chen E, Leshnower B, Elefteriades J, Sun W. A probabilistic and anisotropic failure metric for ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm risk assessment. Journal Of The Mechanics And Physics Of Solids 2021, 155: 104539. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchATAA patientsAortic wallAortic tissue samplesThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmAneurysm rupturePatientsRisk assessmentTissue samplesCharacteristic curveFailure metricsTsai-Hill failure criterionCT imagesRiskTensile failure testsMaximum principal stressRupture risk assessmentPrevious studiesAssessment