2018
Genetic testing to modulate when to operate in thoracic aortic disease
Kostiuk V, Brownstein A, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Genetic testing to modulate when to operate in thoracic aortic disease. Journal Of Visualized Surgery 2018, 4: 193-193. DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2018.07.14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular geneticsThoracic aortic aneurysmSurgical treatment optionsNon-syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysmsMolecular profilingSmooth muscle cell functionFamilial thoracic aortic aneurysmsMultiple genesSpecific genesMuscle cell functionTAA patientsTreatment optionsExtracellular matrixCell functionThoracic aortic diseaseGenesPositive family historyGeneticsProfilingTAA developmentAortic diseaseAortic aneurysmCurrent classificationDisease progressionFamily history
2017
Mechanisms of Disease and Natural History
Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Mechanisms of Disease and Natural History. 2017, 19-43. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15192-2_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic diseaseNatural historyEndovascular treatment optionsThoracic aortic diseaseClassic open surgeryDiseased aortic wallEvidence-based criteriaMechanisms of diseaseAortic pathologyAortic ruptureLethal complicationOpen surgeryProphylactic treatmentEndovascular interventionTreatment optionsIndividual patientsAortic wallPersonalized managementMechanisms of developmentDiseasePatientsSuch treatmentTreatmentCurrent understandingComplications