2023
Nonsize Criteria for Surgical Intervention on the Ascending Thoracic Aorta
Elefteriades J, Ziganshin B, Zafar M. Nonsize Criteria for Surgical Intervention on the Ascending Thoracic Aorta. Aorta 2023, 11: 071-086. PMID: 37172942, PMCID: PMC10232037, DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1766114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThoracic aortic aneurysmSurgical interventionAortic eventsAortic dissectionSubsternal chest painBlood pressure elevationBicuspid aortic valveAfferent neural pathwaysAscending thoracic aortaEmission Tomography ImagingPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingAortic stressAscending aneurysmAortic surgeryChest painEarly surgerySpecific genetic aberrationsHigh rupture riskMural thickeningRoot dilatationBicuspid valvePressure elevationAneurysm patientsAortic aneurysmAortic risk
2019
Fate of preserved bicuspid valves at time of ascending aortic aneurysmectomy
Vinholo T, Zafar MA, Baldwin GE, Buntin J, Mansour A, Imran M, Papanikolaou D, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Fate of preserved bicuspid valves at time of ascending aortic aneurysmectomy. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 318-322. PMID: 30900354, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBicuspid aortic valveAortic valveAortic stenosisConcomitant bicuspid aortic valveAortic aneurysm surgeryAortic valve replacementAortic aneurysm patientsIntraoperative transesophageal echocardiographyAortic aneurysmectomyPostoperative echocardiogramsPreoperative echocardiogramValve replacementSingle surgeonAneurysm surgeryBicuspid valveTransesophageal echocardiographyAneurysm patientsSignificant abnormalitiesStudy groupValve functionPatientsSurgeryEchocardiogramStenosisAverage time