1999
DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Coady M, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 827-839. PMID: 10589349, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70118-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical interventionAcute ascending aortic dissectionAscending aortic dissectionConcomitant aortic insufficiencyIntervention criteriaLarger patient numbersAppropriate clinical careThoracic aortic aneurysmSize criteriaSurgical intervention criteriaOverall physical conditionAortic insufficiencyAdverse eventsAortic dissectionPatient ageAortic sizeOrgan compressionPatient enrollmentPatient numbersAortic aneurysmThoracic aortaSymptomatic stateClinical careClinical experienceLife expectancyPATHOLOGIC VARIANTS OF THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTIONS Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas
Coady M, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. PATHOLOGIC VARIANTS OF THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTIONS Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 637-657. PMID: 10589337, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70106-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClassic aortic dissectionAcute aortic pathologyIntramural hematomaAortic dissectionAortic lumenAtherosclerotic ulcerAortic lesionsIMH patientsAortic pathologyClassic dissectionRupture rateType B aortic dissectionTypical aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionDistinct clinical entityThoracic aortic dissectionTypical patient profileMore superficial locationHigher rupture rateBranch-vessel compromiseLarger aortasMinimal arteriosclerosisTypical dissectionIschemic manifestationsThoracoabdominal aortaThoracic Aorta
Elefteriades J, Rizzo J, Coady M. Thoracic Aorta. Radiology 1999, 211: 889. PMID: 10352622, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.3.r99jn49889.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Procedures for Estimating Growth Rates in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Rizzo J, Coady M, Elefteriades J. Procedures for Estimating Growth Rates in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1998, 51: 747-754. PMID: 9731923, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00050-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTAA growth ratesStatistical problemsStatistical methodsEstimation procedureTAA growthConventional approachesMore reliable resultsInstrumental variable estimationVariable estimationMeasurement errorRate estimatesPrecise estimatesEstimationMeasured growth rateReliable estimatesEstimatesReliable resultsProblemConventional methodsApproachLethal medical conditionError