2023
Evidence Accumulates: Patients with Ascending Aneurysms Are Strongly Protected from Atherosclerotic Disease
Waldron C, Zafar M, Ziganshin B, Weininger G, Grewal N, Elefteriades J. Evidence Accumulates: Patients with Ascending Aneurysms Are Strongly Protected from Atherosclerotic Disease. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 15640. PMID: 37958625, PMCID: PMC10650782, DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmCarotid intima-media thicknessLow-density lipoprotein levelsIntima-media thicknessDevelopment of atherosclerosisMatrix metalloproteinase proteinsAscending aneurysmAortic calcificationAtherosclerotic diseaseLipoprotein levelsMyocardial infarctionLeading causeAneurysmsMetalloproteinase proteinsGrowth factorProtective relationshipDiseasePossible mechanismCurrent understandingMorbidityInfarctionAtherosclerosisPatientsPathophysiology
2014
Surgical management of thoracoabdominal aneurysms
Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Surgical management of thoracoabdominal aneurysms. Heart 2014, 100: 1577. PMID: 25092876, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracoabdominal aneurysmsSurgical managementApplication of hypothermiaCerebrospinal fluid drainageType of treatmentParaplegia ratePostoperative mortalityHospital stayComplication rateSurgical treatmentHeart bypassHybrid repairTreatment adjunctsMorbid conditionsFluid drainageHigh mortalityTAAASignificant decreaseAneurysmsTreatmentMortalityNeuromonitoringPatientsStayAortaStatistical Challenges in Identifying Risk Factors for Aortic Disease
Rizzo JA, Chen J, Fang H, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Statistical Challenges in Identifying Risk Factors for Aortic Disease. Aorta 2014, 02: 45-55. PMID: 26798715, PMCID: PMC4682756, DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2014.14-019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research