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Objectives: Debakey type I and IIIb aortic dissections are complicated by extension along the full length of the aorta. Over the long term, the thoracoabdominal aorta in these patients often continues to degenerate, requiring endovascular or open repair.
Patrick R. Vargo, MD +6 more
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Aortic surgery is one of the most challenging types of surgeries, which is possibly related to cognitive sequelae. We aimed to investigate the changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) associated with intraoperative circulatory arrest (CA ...
Tae-Hoon Kim +7 more
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THE CONDITION OF DISTAL AORTA AFTER PROXIMAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR DISSECTION IN MARFAN SYNDROME
Marfan syndrome is a disease associated with high prevalence of aorta-related morbidity and mortality. Dissections and ruptures of thoracal aorta (ThAo) lead to decreased life duration in persons with Marfan syndrome with mediana at 30 year-old.Aim.
A. M. Chernyavskiy +4 more
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Patients with terminal heart failure, refractory to drug therapy, are severe category of cardiology. The possibility of effective correction of multi-organ failure and an increase in the life-time of patients with critical cardiac insuffi ciency has been ...
D. S. Khvan +7 more
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LONG-TERM RESULTS OF THE VALVE-SAVING SURGERY IN MARFAN SYNDROME PATIENTS
The main causes of mortality and morbidity in Marfan syndrome patients are cardiovascular complications. The Bentall DeBono operation for long time has been a gold standard treatment for this pathology.Aim. To present the obvious benefits of valve-saving
D. S. Khvan +4 more
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The problem of calcified ascending aorta during aortocoronary bypass [PDF]
Heavily calcified ascending aorta significantly increased morbidity and lethality during open-heart surgery. Cannulation and clamping (partial or total) of severely atherosclerotic ascending aorta can easily cause damage and rupture of aortic wall, with ...
Nežić Duško G. +7 more
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Current updates in acute traumatic aortic injury: radiologic diagnosis and management [PDF]
Acute traumatic aortic injuries, which have substantial lethal outcomes at the time of admission, are fatal in 80% to 90% of cases. These injuries are relatively rare and have nonspecific clinical presentations. Radiologists and emergency physicians need
Shivani Gupta +6 more
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From Tear to Fear: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Background Acute type A aortic dissection presents with abrupt onset of pain that requires emergency surgery. However, minimal research exists on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors.
Selena R. Pasadyn +7 more
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Pathology of the Aorta and Aorta as Homograft [PDF]
The aorta is not a rigid tube, it is an “organ” with lamellar units, consisting of elastic fibers, extracellular matrix and smooth muscle cells in between as parenchyma. Several diseases may occur in the natural history of the aorta, requiring replacement of both semilunar cusps and ascending aorta.
Thiene G., Basso C., Della Barbera M.
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In human, pathogenic variants in smad3 are one cause of familial aortopathy. We describe a novel SMAD3 variant of unknown significance (VUS), V244F, in a patient who presented with aortic root dilation, right coronary artery ectasia, abdominal aortic ...
Mary B. Sheppard +8 more
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