2024
Association between Preoperative Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio and All-cause Mortality in Patients Treated with Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Degenerative Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Kano M, Nishibe T, Dardik A, Iwahashi T, Nakano Y, Shimahara Y. Association between Preoperative Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio and All-cause Mortality in Patients Treated with Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Degenerative Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 110: 255-264. PMID: 39341560, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.07.110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThoracic endovascular aortic repairPatients treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repairDegenerative thoracic aortic aneurysmsPreoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratioNeutrophil-lymphocyte ratioThoracic aortic aneurysmAll-cause mortalityEndovascular aortic repairAortic repairAortic aneurysmCut-off values of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratioOptimal cut-off values of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratioElevated preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratioOverall mortalityValue of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratioOptimal cut-off valueAbsolute lymphocyte countAbsolute neutrophil countRisk of overall mortalityLikelihood of all-cause mortalityReceiver operating characteristic curveIschemic heart diseaseLymphocyte countStratify patientsNeutrophil count
2023
Safety and efficacy of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for acute Stanford type B aortic dissection with retrograde type A intramural hematoma
Wang J, Li M, Li J, He H, Zhou Y, Li X, Li Q, Gu F, Ye Z, Dardik A, Shu C. Safety and efficacy of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for acute Stanford type B aortic dissection with retrograde type A intramural hematoma. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 61-69.e4. PMID: 36921645, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic endovascular aortic repairType B aortic dissectionAcute Stanford type B aortic dissectionStanford type B aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionEndovascular aortic repairHematoma thicknessAortic dissectionRetrograde typeIntramural hematomaAortic repairMaximal diameterAcute type B aortic dissectionOverall cumulative survival rateCumulative survival rateCumulative freedomAortic remodelingComplication rateEndovascular repairMedian intervalPatient characteristicsSymptom onsetAortic diameterAlternative treatmentPatients