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Conservative management of chronic aortic dissection with underlying aortic aneurysm

Heart International, 2013
Aortic dissection is one of the most common aortic emergencies affecting around 2000 Americans each year. It usually presents in the acute state but in a small percentage of patients aortic dissections go unnoticed and these patients survive without any ...
Mohammad Yusuf Beebeejaun, Aleksandra Malec, Ravi Gupta   +2 more
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Two Cases of an Unusual Childhood Aortic Dissection Resulting in Death

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2023
Pediatric aortic dissection is an emergency condition that is difficult to diagnose and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. To draw attention to this issue, we present two male cases diagnosed with aortic dissection because of an autopsy.
Mustafa Karakus, Arda Akay, Kamil Sahin, Cagla Ergin, Bora Ozdemir, Fehmi Mercanoglu, Murat Elevli   +6 more
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Acute ascending aortic dissection after MDMA/ecstasy use: A case report

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2016
Acute aortic dissection is rare among young patients in the absence of connective tissue disorders. One of the risk factors associated with aortic dissection among young patients is amphetamine use.
Satoko Kanahara, MD, Mostafa El-Refai, MD, MSc, Nasser Lakkis, MD, Rashed Tabbaa, MD   +3 more
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Aortic dissection

British Journal of Surgery, 2004
In the acute setting management is primarily ...
H J, Safi, A L, Estrera
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Role of Echocardiography as Supporting Diagnostic Modality in Localized Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection

Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2016
Ascending Stanford type A aortic dissection carries a high morbidity and mortality. Proper identification of the proximal origin of the dissection and determination of concomitant aortic valve involvement significantly facilitate surgical repair which ...
Haris Munirwan, Amiliana Mardiani Soesanto, Rina Ariani, Taofan Taofan, Suko Adiarto, Ismoyo Sunu, Bagus Herlambang, Dicky Aligheri, Retno Dwi Astuti   +8 more
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Computational fluid dynamicaccuracy in mimicking changes in blood hemodynamics in patients with acute type IIIb aortic dissection treated with TEVAR [PDF]

, 2018
Background: We aimed to verify the accuracy of the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) algorithm for blood flow reconstruction for type IIIb aortic dissection (TBAD) before and after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR).
Domenig, Christoph, Huk, Ihor, Nanobachvili, Josif, Neumayer, Christoph, Piechota-Polańczyk, Aleksandra, Polanczyk, Andrzej   +5 more
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An Interesting Case of Right Sided Haemorrhagic Pleural Effusion

Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, 2022
Hemorrhagic pleural effusions is common in our clinical practice and its usually due to trauma, malignancy and pulmonary embolism. Other rare causes are Bleeding diathesis, Spontaneous hemopneumothorax, Aortic dissection or rupture, Aneurysm ...
A Anitha, K Prabhakar , BR Sindhu
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Perspectives on the revised Ghent criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome [PDF]

, 2015
Three international nosologies have been proposed for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS): the Berlin nosology in 1988; the Ghent nosology in 1996 (Ghent-1); and the revised Ghent nosology in 2010 (Ghent-2).
Bannas, Peter, Behzadi, Cyrus, Bernhardt, Alexander M, Blankenberg, Stefan, De Backer, Julie, Fuisting, Bettina, Hillebrand, Mathias, Kölbel, Tilo, Püschel, Klaus, Robinson, Peter N, Rybczynski, Meike, Schüler, Helke, Sheikhzadeh, Sara, von Kodolitsch, Yskert   +13 more
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Macrophage metabolic reprogramming aggravates aortic dissection through the HIF1α-ADAM17 pathway✰

EBioMedicine, 2019
Background: Aortic dissection is a severe inflammatory vascular disease with high mortality and limited therapeutic options. The hallmarks of aortic dissection comprise aortic inflammatory cell infiltration and elastic fiber disruption, highlighting the ...
Guan Lian, Xiaopeng Li, Linqi Zhang, Yangming Zhang, Lulu Sun, Xiujuan Zhang, Huiying Liu, Yanli Pang, Wei Kong, Tao Zhang, Xian Wang, Changtao Jiang   +11 more
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Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND : Aortic-root dissection is the leading cause of death in Marfan's syndrome. Studies suggest that with regard to slowing aortic-root enlargement, losartan may be more effective than beta-blockers, the current standard therapy in most centers.
Atz, A.M., Backer, J. de, Benson, D.W., Bradley, T.J., Braverman, A.C., Chen, S., Colan, S.D., Dietz, H.C., et al., Gelb, B.D., Grossfeld, P.D., Klein, G.L., Lacro, R.V., Lai, W.W., Levine, J.C., Liou, A., Loeys, B.L., Mahony, L., Markham, L.W., Olson, A.K., Paridon, S.M., Pearson, G.D., Pemberton, V.L., Pierpont, M.E., Pyeritz, R.E., Radojewski, E., Roman, M.J., Sharkey, A.M., Sleeper, L.A., Stylianou, M.P., Tierney, E.S., Wechsler, S.B., Yetman, A.T., Young, L.T.   +33 more
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