Descending threshold for ascending aortic aneurysmectomy: Is it time for a “left-shift” in guidelines?
Ziganshin BA, Zafar MA, Elefteriades JA. Descending threshold for ascending aortic aneurysmectomy: Is it time for a “left-shift” in guidelines? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 157: 37-42. PMID: 30557953, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortaAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionComputed Tomography AngiographyGenetic TestingHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicConceptsAortic sizeSmaller aortic sizeThoracic aortic diseaseAortic aneurysmectomyAortic surgeryAortic dissectionAortic catastropheAortic diameterAortic diseaseAortic aneurysmCurrent guidelinesLeftward shiftNatural historyGenetic testingMore granular dataCenterline methodGenetic defectsAneurysmsFamily membersGuidelinesAneurysmectomyPatientsSurgeryAortaAntithrombotic Therapy after Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: A Therapeutic Morass
Gryaznov AA, Saeyeldin A, Abdelbaky M, Zafar MA, Tanweer M, Imran M, Papanikolaou D, Erben Y, Zefirova J, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA. Antithrombotic Therapy after Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: A Therapeutic Morass. Cardiology 2018, 140: 213-221. PMID: 30138919, DOI: 10.1159/000490924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementValve replacementAortic stenosisSurgical aortic valve replacementBioprosthetic aortic valve replacementCommon valvular disorderImpact of anticoagulationSymptomatic aortic stenosisHigh-risk patientsValvular heart diseaseCommon pathologic conditionsAntithrombotic therapyMultiple comorbiditiesPerioperative complicationsRemote complicationsSurgical managementEndovascular interventionHeart diseaseValvular disordersBiological valvesLower riskEuropean guidelinesPathologic conditionsComplicationsStenosis