ALLMedicine™ Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Center
Research & Reviews 647 results
https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac174
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Nakano M, Miyagawa A et. al.
Jul 1st, 2022 - An 81-year-old man with multiple comorbidities developed infected thoracic aortic aneurysm, and we employed a strategic two-step surgical approach combining thoracic endovascular aortic repair and local debridement with an omental flap during the ...
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025026
Journal of the American Heart Association; Arnaoutakis GJ, Ogami T et. al.
Jun 30th, 2022 - Background Acute aortic syndromes may be prone to misdiagnosis by nonreferral aortic centers with less diagnostic experience. We evaluated regional variability in these misdiagnosis trends among patients transferred to different regional quaternar...
https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13968
ESC Heart Failure; Ou M, Chu Y et. al.
Jun 23rd, 2022 - Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been revealed to mediate smooth muscle dysfunction in thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). LncRNA HOXA-AS2 has been proposed to engage in the regulation of diverse diseases. However, its function in TAA rem...
https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.317484
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology; Mizrak D, Feng H et. al.
Jun 17th, 2022 - Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life-threatening condition caused by weakening of the thoracic aorta wall, often developing silently until dissection or rupture occurs. Despite substantial efforts in the past decade, there have been no significant t...
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders; Sharifkazemi M, Nemati M et. al.
Jun 7th, 2022 - Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), is a pathological dilatation of the aortic segment with the tendency to expand, dissect or rupture, and risk of mortality. The progression rate is mainly slow. As the risk of rupture increases with the size of the a...
Guidelines 3 results
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.05.076
Journal of Vascular Surgery; Upchurch GR, Escobar GA et. al.
Jul 7th, 2020 - Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of the DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, para...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2018.03.031
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR; , Bennett SJ et. al.
May 5th, 2018 - Although the incidence of thoracic aortic aneurysm is on the rise, initial imaging diagnosis can present a challenge for many clinicians. Providers are faced with many imaging choices as part of the initial workup. Considering level of invasivenes...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2015.10.020
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology; Bradley TJ, Alvarez NA et. al.
Jan 3rd, 2016 - Physicians and surgeons faced with patients with thoracic aortic disease (TAD) need to determine the underlying diagnosis to facilitate decisions regarding appropriate investigations as well as which other specialists to involve, when to start med...
Clinicaltrials.gov 29 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02735720
Jun 6th, 2022 - Patient Population and Clinical Measurements: The Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) is a regional center with expertise in managing a large variety of aortic diseases. Only adult patients (age between...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05395598
Jun 3rd, 2022 - Thoracic aneurysm is a silent disease with a potential mid-term high risk of death or major complications. Few data are available on the real incidence of major complications in case of small and moderate thoracic aneurysm. Different factors are s...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03536312
Apr 27th, 2022 - All patients referred electively to a participating investigator for the evaluation of their ascending aortic aneurysm will be screened for study eligibility. Patients between the age of 18 and 79 with an asymptomatic ascending aortic aneurysm bet...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02767518
Jan 24th, 2022 - Patients undergoing elective repair of their thoracic aortic aneurysm will be randomized to a "prehabilitation" program prior to their surgery or to usual care. The prehabilitation program is self-directed program designed to improve health and qu...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03440697
Jan 20th, 2022 - Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a type of aortopathy describing dilation of the proximal aortic dimensions including the aortic root, which is a risk factor for aortic dissection and sudden cardiac death. TAA and other forms of aortopathy (e.g. ...
News 26 results
https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/239969/hospital-medicine/albuterol-acidosis-and-aneurysms
Lucy Ma, MD, Christopher Russo et. al.
May 12th, 2021 - An 88-year-old male veteran with a medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on home oxygen, chronic alcohol use, squamous cell carcinoma of the lung status after left upper lobectomy, and a 5. 7 cm thoracic aortic aneurysm wa.
https://www.mdedge.com/surgery/article/200917/aneurysms/respiratory-effects-may-account-worse-survival-women-undergoing-dta?channel=39313
Mark S. Lesney
May 14th, 2019 - Women undergoing open descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (DTA) and open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair are not at greater risk for operative mortality than their male counterparts. However, they are at significantly greater risk f.
https://www.mdedge.com/surgery/article/200917/aneurysms/respiratory-effects-may-account-worse-survival-women-undergoing-dta
Mark S. Lesney, MDedge News
May 14th, 2019 - Women undergoing open descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (DTA) and open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair are not at greater risk for operative mortality than their male counterparts. However, they are at significantly greater risk f.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/909379
Feb 21st, 2019 - Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) confers a survival rate superior to that of open surgical repair of intact descending thoracic aortic aneurysms, a new study suggests. A team of investigators from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surger...
https://www.mdedge.com/ccjm/article/173577/cardiology/aortic-aneurysm-fluoroquinolones-genetic-counseling?channel=312
Mark R. Goldstein, MD, FACP, Luca Mascitelli, MD
Sep 4th, 2018 - To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Cikach et al on thoracic aortic aneurysm. 1 For medical management of this condition, the authors emphasized controlling blood pressure and heart rate and also avoiding isometric exercises and he.