2021
Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
Anis O, Kopf G, Ziganshin B, Zafar M, Tranquilli M, Sieller R, Elefteriades J. Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment. JACC Case Reports 2021, 3: 1685-1689. PMID: 34766019, PMCID: PMC8571777, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHugging But Not Restricting the Innominate Artery with the Clamp
Elefteriades J, Ziganshin B. Hugging But Not Restricting the Innominate Artery with the Clamp. 2021, 85-86. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78877-3_30.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Natural History: Evidence‐Based Indications for Operation
Elefteriades J. Natural History: Evidence‐Based Indications for Operation. 2008, 19-27. DOI: 10.1002/9781444300512.ch3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAneurysmal thoracic aortaThoracic aorta ruptureThoracic aortaAortic eventsAortic ulcerIntramural hematomaProphylactic resectionMedical managementAneurysm patientsAorta ruptureAortic archLethal diseaseImpact of dissectionPatient sizeEvidence-based indicationsSize criteriaAortaNatural historyHematomaResectionUlcersPatientsAneurysmsThoracicDisease
1990
Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Elefteriades J, Biblo L, Batsford W, Rosenfeld L, Henthorn R, Carlson M, Waldo A, Hsu J, Geha A. Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1990, 49: 94-100. PMID: 2297279, DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90362-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorResection groupThirty-day mortalityCoronary artery bypassMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasIntractable ventricular arrhythmiasImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorAICD placementArtery bypassSurgical treatmentEndocardial resectionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachyarrhythmiasAntiarrhythmic agentsSudden deathCardioverter defibrillatorResectionMortality figuresPatientsEffective interventionsGreatest overall benefitSurvivalGroupOverall benefitValuable alternative