2021
Characteristics and outcomes of small abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database
Bellamkonda K, Nassiri N, Sadeghi MM, Zhang Y, Guzman RJ, Ochoa Chaar CI. Characteristics and outcomes of small abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2021, 74: 729-737. PMID: 33617982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.01.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndovascular aneurysm repairRAAA groupElective repairSmall AAAsRAAA repairAAA repairAneurysm repairAmerican CollegeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramElective abdominal aortic aneurysm repairNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramShorter mean operative timeQuality Improvement Program databaseAbdominal aortic aneurysm repairLower body mass indexSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramImprovement Program databaseMean operative timeAortic aneurysm repairOpen AAA repairBody mass indexMultivariable logistic regressionAbdominal aortic aneurysm rupture
2017
Multi-modality molecular imaging of aortic aneurysms
Malm BJ, Sadeghi MM. Multi-modality molecular imaging of aortic aneurysms. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2017, 24: 1239-1245. PMID: 28447279, PMCID: PMC7720418, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0883-2.BooksConceptsAortic aneurysmMulti-modality molecular imagingMolecular imagingSignificant morbidityAbdominal aortaAneurysm formationAneurysm sizeLower riskAneurysm pathogenesisAneurysmsPotential future roleImaging modalitiesComplicationsDiagnosisImagingMorbidityThrombosisPatientsAortaCurrent gapsFuture rolePathogenesisThoracicMortalityEpidemiology
2016
Novel Molecular Imaging Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Risk Stratification
Toczek J, Meadows JL, Sadeghi MM. Novel Molecular Imaging Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Risk Stratification. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2016, 9: e003023. PMID: 26763279, PMCID: PMC4714781, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.115.003023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal aortic aneurysmRisk stratificationAortic aneurysmNovel molecular imaging approachesAbdominal aortic aneurysm repairFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyAortic aneurysm repairSelection of patientsPatient risk stratificationUltrasmall superparamagnetic particlesMagnetic resonance imagingMolecular imaging approachesAneurysm repairInflammatory cellsClinical trialsPreclinical modelsAneurysm sizeResonance imagingEmission tomographyAneurysm growthMatrix remodelingAneurysmsClinical translationMolecular imagingProteolytic enzymes
2014
Imaging Vessel Wall Biology to Predict Outcome in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Golestani R, Razavian M, Nie L, Zhang J, Jung JJ, Ye Y, de Roo M, Hilgerink K, Liu C, Robinson SP, Sadeghi MM. Imaging Vessel Wall Biology to Predict Outcome in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2014, 8: &na;. PMID: 25550400, PMCID: PMC4284949, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.114.002471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngiotensin IIAnimalsAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticAorta, AbdominalAortic Aneurysm, AbdominalAortic RuptureAortographyBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionEnzyme ActivationFeasibility StudiesMaleMatrix MetalloproteinasesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMolecular ImagingMultimodal ImagingPredictive Value of TestsRadiopharmaceuticalsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsMicro-single photon emissionAngiotensin IIMatrix metalloproteinasesAortic diameterSuprarenal aortaCD68 expressionMMP activityPotential of MMPSaline-infused miceVessel wall inflammationAbdominal aortic aneurysmPrediction of outcomePhoton emissionRupture riskMurine AAAsAortic expansionRisk stratificationWall inflammationAortic aneurysmSpontaneous ruptureSmall aneurysmsMouse modelControl animalsTracer uptakeAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture riskMolecular imaging of plaque vulnerability
Tavakoli S, Vashist A, Sadeghi MM. Molecular imaging of plaque vulnerability. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2014, 21: 1112-1128. PMID: 25124827, PMCID: PMC4229449, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-9959-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergence of molecular imaging of aortic aneurysm: Implications for risk stratification and management
Golestani R, Sadeghi MM. Emergence of molecular imaging of aortic aneurysm: Implications for risk stratification and management. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2014, 21: 251-267. PMID: 24381115, PMCID: PMC3991015, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9845-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortic AneurysmBiomarkersCytokinesHumansImmunologic FactorsMolecular ImagingRisk Assessment