2019
Ascending Aortic Length and Risk of Aortic Adverse Events The Neglected Dimension
Wu J, Zafar MA, Li Y, Saeyeldin A, Huang Y, Zhao R, Qiu J, Tanweer M, Abdelbaky M, Gryaznov A, Buntin J, Ziganshin BA, Mukherjee SK, Rizzo JA, Yu C, Elefteriades JA. Ascending Aortic Length and Risk of Aortic Adverse Events The Neglected Dimension. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 74: 1883-1894. PMID: 31526537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic height indexAortic elongationAdverse eventsAortic diameterAortic lengthAneurysmal ascending aortaThoracic aortic aneurysmLogistic regression modelsATAA patientsRisk stratificationAscending aortaAortic aneurysmNatural historyYearly riskLongitudinal changesHeight indexNovel predictive toolYearly rateIntervention criteriaAverage yearly rateDissectionRegression modelsLittle informationRiskPatients
2017
Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome.
Saeyeldin A, Zafar MA, Velasquez CA, Ip K, Gryaznov A, Brownstein AJ, Li Y, Rizzo JA, Erben Y, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome. Annals Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2017, 6: 625-632. PMID: 29270374, PMCID: PMC5721101, DOI: 10.21037/acs.2017.11.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic root aneurysmAortic root diameterAortic dissectionRoot aneurysmMFS patientsAortic complicationsAdverse eventsAortic rootNatural historyRisk of complicationsAortic root dilatationMarfan syndrome patientsLogistic regression modelsAortic regurgitationCardiovascular complicationsHemodynamic roleDreadful complicationRoot dilatationAortic diameterLarge aneurysmsSyndrome patientsMarfan syndromeComplicationsPatientsAneurysms