2021
Quantitative not qualitative histology differentiates aneurysmal from nondilated ascending aortas and reveals a net gain of medial components
Yousef S, Matsumoto N, Dabe I, Mori M, Landry AB, Lee SR, Kawamura Y, Yang C, Li G, Assi R, Vallabhajosyula P, Geirsson A, Moeckel G, Humphrey JD, Tellides G. Quantitative not qualitative histology differentiates aneurysmal from nondilated ascending aortas and reveals a net gain of medial components. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 13185. PMID: 34162971, PMCID: PMC8222259, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92659-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial degenerationAortic aneurysmSporadic thoracic aortic aneurysmMedial cell numberCommon histopathological findingThoracic aortic aneurysmSmooth muscle cellsAortic dilatationHistopathological findingsAscending aortaHistopathological criteriaAneurysmal wallLumen dilatationClinical diagnosisMuscle cellsAneurysmsAortaDegenerationDilatationMural cellsMarked overlapElastic lamellaeMedial componentCell numberMedial tissuePhysician-modified Endograft for the Urgent Treatment of High-risk Chronic Dissecting Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
Pichert M, Assi R. Physician-modified Endograft for the Urgent Treatment of High-risk Chronic Dissecting Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 112: 1208-1209. PMID: 33600788, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.074.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2020
Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms by Computed Tomography Without Allometric Scaling
Yousef S, Mori M, Bin Mahmood SU, Assi R, Vallabhajosyula P, Geirsson A, Tellides G. Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms by Computed Tomography Without Allometric Scaling. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2023689. PMID: 33141157, PMCID: PMC7610193, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23689.Peer-Reviewed Original Research