A systematic review and meta-analysis of isolated abdominal aortic dissection
Wu J, Zafar M, Qiu J, Huang Y, Chen Y, Yu C, Elefteriades JA. A systematic review and meta-analysis of isolated abdominal aortic dissection. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2019, 70: 2046-2053.e6. PMID: 31204217, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.04.467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIsolated abdominal aortic dissectionType B aortic dissectionAbdominal aortic dissectionAortic dissectionB aortic dissectionPrevalent risk factorsRisk factorsAverage aortic diameterComplication-specific approachEndovascular aortic repairAbdominal painChest painLate mortalityAortic repairClinical characteristicsConservative managementBack painPooled prevalenceRenal arteryAbdominal examinationAortic diameterAortic diseaseClinical symptomsCommon symptomsOpen surgerySimple renal cysts and bovine aortic arch: markers for aortic disease
Brownstein AJ, Bin Mahmood SU, Saeyeldin A, Velasquez Mejia C, Zafar MA, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Dahl NK, Erben Y, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Simple renal cysts and bovine aortic arch: markers for aortic disease. Open Heart 2019, 6: e000862. PMID: 30774963, PMCID: PMC6350752, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBovine aortic archSimple renal cystsThoracic aortic diseaseAbdominal aortic aneurysmType B aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionAortic dissectionAortic aneurysmAortic diseaseAortic archRenal cystsChronic kidney diseasePresence of hypertensionAortic aneurysm developmentAbdominal CTMultivariable analysisKidney diseaseRetrospective searchPatientsAneurysm developmentAneurysmsPropensity scoreDiseaseDissectionPrevalence