2022
Growth rate of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms in a non-referral-based population
Weininger G, Mori M, Yousef S, Hur DJ, Assi R, Geirsson A, Vallabhajosyula P. Growth rate of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms in a non-referral-based population. Journal Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2022, 17: 14. PMID: 35109884, PMCID: PMC8812194, DOI: 10.1186/s13019-022-01761-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAneurysm growth rateAortic dilatationAortic aneurysmStudy populationCT scanInitial aneurysm sizeTrue natural historyPatients age 50High-risk patientsMedian time intervalLarge institutional databaseThoracic aortic aneurysmComputed tomography scanAortic aneurysm diseaseRisk patientsAortic sizeInstitutional databaseTomography scanAneurysm diseaseRadiologic diagnosisAneurysm sizeBackgroundPrior studiesAge 50PatientsNatural history
2021
Socioeconomic disparities in surveillance and follow‐up of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm
Shang M, Weininger G, Mori M, Kahler‐Quesada A, Degife E, Brooks C, Yousef S, Williams M, Assi R, Geirsson A, Vallabhajosyula P. Socioeconomic disparities in surveillance and follow‐up of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 37: 831-839. PMID: 34873754, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic aneurysmArea Deprivation IndexCardiovascular specialistsSocioeconomic statusSurgical interventionAneurysm sizeReferral of patientsRisk of deathSignificant risk factorsThoracic aortic aneurysmComputed tomography scanLowest socioeconomic quartileLow socioeconomic statusLower Socioeconomic StatusADI quartileAortic surveillanceAortic dissectionConsecutive patientsPrimary outcomeSpecialist referralSurgical repairTimely followSurveillance imagingRisk regressionRisk factorsPatterns of Surveillance Imaging for Incidentally Detected Ascending Aortic Aneurysms
Weininger G, Mori M, Shang M, Degife E, Amick M, Yousef S, Assi R, Milewski R, Geirsson A, Vallabhajosyula P. Patterns of Surveillance Imaging for Incidentally Detected Ascending Aortic Aneurysms. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 113: 125-130. PMID: 33609548, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAneurysm sizeLogistic regression modelsAortic aneurysmTomography scanCardiac surgeonsHigh-risk patient populationHigh-risk patientsAscending Aortic AneurysmLow clinical penetranceMedian aneurysm sizeYear of detectionPatterns of surveillanceMedian followCare patientsRegression modelsSurveillance imagingSurveillance intervalsPatient populationIncidental detectionFamily historyClinical penetrancePatientsPatient's aneurysmSilent killerTimely intervention