2017
Two-Stage Elephant Trunk approach for open management of distal aortic arch and descending aortic pathology in patients with Marfan syndrome
Velasquez C, Zafar M, Saeyeldin A, Mahmood S, Brownstein A, Erben Y, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Two-Stage Elephant Trunk approach for open management of distal aortic arch and descending aortic pathology in patients with Marfan syndrome. ASVIDE 2017, 4: 541-541. DOI: 10.21037/asvide.2017.541.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns
Albornoz G, Coady MA, Roberts M, Davies RR, Tranquilli M, Rizzo JA, Elefteriades JA. Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2006, 82: 1400-1405. PMID: 16996941, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAbdominal aortic aneurysmFamilial thoracic aortic aneurysmsAortic aneurysmMarfan syndromeAortic growth rateNon-Marfan patientsIncidence of hypertensionAggressive clinical entityPredominant inheritance patternSporadic groupMarfan groupStudy patientsCerebral circulationClinical entityThoracic aortaAbdominal aortaInheritance patternMFS groupMFS patientsTAA groupLarge cohortAneurysm sitePatientsAneurysms
1999
Familial Patterns of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Coady M, Davies R, Roberts M, Goldstein L, Rogalski M, Rizzo J, Hammond G, Kopf G, Elefteriades J. Familial Patterns of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms. JAMA Surgery 1999, 134: 361-367. PMID: 10199307, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmSporadic thoracic aortic aneurysmConcomitant aortic dissectionAortic dissectionAortic aneurysmMarfan syndromeAortic diseaseAutosomal recessive modeFamilial patternMean ageFamily historyRecessive modeCollagen vascular disordersTime of diagnosisThoracic aortic diseaseGenetic factorsNew risk factorsFamily pedigreeConcomitant diseasesRetrospective reviewAortic sizeUniversity HospitalRisk factorsVascular disordersAutosomal dominant mode