Cardiomyopathy in Genetic Aortic Diseases. [PDF]
Front Pediatr, 2021 Genetic aortic diseases are a group of illnesses characterized by aortic aneurysms or dissection in the presence of an underlying genetic defect. They are part of the broader spectrum of heritable thoracic aortic disease, which also includes those cases ...
Muiño-Mosquera L, De Backer J.
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Fluoroquinolones and Aortic Diseases: Is There a Connection. [PDF]
Aorta (Stamford), 2019 Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics. Their high tissue distribution and broad-spectrum antibacterial coverage make their use very attractive in numerous infectious diseases.
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Tryptophan Catabolism and Inflammation: A Novel Therapeutic Target For Aortic Diseases. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2021 Aortic diseases are the primary public health concern. As asymptomatic diseases, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and atherosclerosis are associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Ramprasath T +4 more
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Utility of 4D Flow MRI in Thoracic Aortic Diseases: A Literature Review of Clinical Applications and Current Evidence. [PDF]
Magn Reson Med Sci, 2022 Despite the recent technical developments, surgery on the thoracic aorta remains challenging and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Decisions about when and if to operate are based on a balance between surgical risk and the hazard of
Takahashi K +4 more
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Impact of hyperuricemia on mortality related to aortic diseases: a 3.8-year nationwide community-based cohort study. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Despite advances in medicine, aortic diseases (ADs) such as aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm rupture remain fatal with extremely high mortality rates.
Otaki Y +14 more
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Genetics of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Diseases. [PDF]
Circ Res, 2019 Dissections or ruptures of aortic aneurysms remain a leading cause of death in the developed world, with the majority of deaths being preventable if individuals at risk are identified and properly managed. Genetic variants predispose individuals to these
Pinard A, Jones GT, Milewicz DM.
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Relationship between fluoroquinolones and the risk of aortic diseases: a meta-analysis of observational studies. [PDF]
BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 2020 Background Our aim was to determine the relationship between the use of fluoroquinolones and the risk of aortic diseases. Methods PubMed, EMBASE and the Web of Science were searched from inception to July 6, 2019, to identify observational studies that ...
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2014 ESC GUIDELINES ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AORTIC DISEASES
Российский кардиологический журнал, 2015 Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adultThe Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
(ESC) European Society of Cardiology
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Causal associations between CD40/CD40L and aortic diseases: A mendelian randomization study [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Background: CD40 and CD40L have been reported as associated with aortic dissection (AD) and aortic aneurysm (AA), but the causality of the associations has not been established yet.Methods: We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to ...
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The genetics and biomechanics of thoracic aortic diseases. [PDF]
Vasc Biol, 2019 Thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections (TAAD) are highly fatal emergencies within cardiothoracic surgery. With increasing age, thoracic aneurysms become more prevalent and pose an even greater threat when they develop into aortic dissections ...
Harky A, Fan KS, Fan KH.
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