2022
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Elefteriades J. No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2022, 115: 895. PMID: 36460063, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Interval 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
1998
Experimental confirmation of effectiveness of fenestration in acute aortic dissection
Morales D, Quin J, Braxton J, Hammond G, Gusberg R, Elefteriades J. Experimental confirmation of effectiveness of fenestration in acute aortic dissection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1998, 66: 1679-1683. PMID: 9875771, DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00901-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal arterial flowFemoral blood pressureAortic dissectionBlood pressureAortic fenestrationAortic distensibilityCarotid pressureArterial flowAcute aortic dissectionML/minSubsequent fenestrationOrgan ischemiaRenal flowInfrarenal aortaContinued clinical applicationBlood flowAnimal modelsFenestrationDissectionClinical applicationT-testDistensibilityMinIschemiaAorta