2000
Aortic Insufficiency
Quin J, Elefteriades J. Aortic Insufficiency. 2000, 304-317. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1190-7_21.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Coady M, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. DEVELOPING SURGICAL INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 827-839. PMID: 10589349, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70118-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical interventionAcute ascending aortic dissectionAscending aortic dissectionConcomitant aortic insufficiencyIntervention criteriaLarger patient numbersAppropriate clinical careThoracic aortic aneurysmSize criteriaSurgical intervention criteriaOverall physical conditionAortic insufficiencyAdverse eventsAortic dissectionPatient ageAortic sizeOrgan compressionPatient enrollmentPatient numbersAortic aneurysmThoracic aortaSymptomatic stateClinical careClinical experienceLife expectancyInterval or Permanent Nonoperative Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Scholl F, Coady M, Davies R, Rizzo J, Hammond G, Kopf G, Elefteriades J. Interval or Permanent Nonoperative Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. JAMA Surgery 1999, 134: 402-406. PMID: 10199313, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute Type A Aortic DissectionType A Aortic DissectionA Aortic DissectionAortic dissectionShort-term outcomesOperative candidatesNonoperative managementMedical therapyMedical treatmentAggressive medical therapyImmediate surgical therapyInitial operative treatmentSevere aortic insufficiencyAggressive medical treatmentGroup of patientsShort-term survivalHospital mortalityAcute typeCoronary ischemiaInitial misdiagnosisNonoperative therapySignificant comorbiditiesVascular complicationsAortic insufficiencyDefinitive operation
1992
Transesophageal color flow Doppler imaging for aortic insufficiency in patients having cardiac operations
Rafferty T, Durkin M, Sittig D, Ezekowitz M, LaMantia K, Davis E, Elefteriades J. Transesophageal color flow Doppler imaging for aortic insufficiency in patients having cardiac operations. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 1992, 104: 521-525. PMID: 1495319, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)34815-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic insufficiencyCardiac operationsLeft ventricular outflow tract dimensionColor flow Doppler assessmentColor flow Doppler findingsVentricular outflow tract dimensionColor flow DopplerLeft ventricular cavityDoppler findingsDoppler assessmentFlow DopplerAngiographic gradeVentricular cavityPatientsRegurgitant jetInsufficiencyTract dimensionsProximal widthAortographyEsophagus