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
2023
Significant unfavorable geometrical changes in ascending aorta despite stable diameter at follow-up.
Kalogerakos P, Pirentis A, Papaharilaou Y, Skiadas C, Karantanas A, Mojibian H, Marketou M, Kochiadakis G, Elefteriades J, Lazopoulos G. Significant unfavorable geometrical changes in ascending aorta despite stable diameter at follow-up. Hellenic Journal Of Cardiology 2023 PMID: 37931701, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2023.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Late-onset dysphagia lusoria assessed by 3-dimensional computed tomography of an aortic arch abnormality
Koullias G, Korkolis D, Iams W, Elefteriades J. Late-onset dysphagia lusoria assessed by 3-dimensional computed tomography of an aortic arch abnormality. Diseases Of The Esophagus 2005, 18: 60-63. PMID: 15773845, DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00449.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAberrant left subclavian arteryLeft-sided ligamentum arteriosumRight-sided aortic archLate-onset dysphagiaSymptomatic vascular ringsLeft subclavian arteryAortic arch abnormalitiesHelical CT scansArch aortogramDysphagia lusoriaSubclavian arteryIntraoperative findingsPatient's symptomsLigamentum arteriosumAnatomic abnormalitiesAortic archArch abnormalitiesVascular ringComplete decompressionCT scanComputed tomographyThree-dimensional reconstruction softwareDysphagiaSymptomsAbnormalities