Patient-specific computational evaluation of stiffness distribution in ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm

Preliminary Biomarkers for Identification of Human Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

BACKGROUND Human ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAAs) are life threatening and constitute a leading cause of mortality in the United States. Previously, we demonstrated that collagens α2(V) and α1(XI) mRNA and protein expression levels are significantly increased in ATAAs. METHODS AND RESULTS In this report, the authors extended these preliminary studies using high-throughput proteomic...

Gender-Specific Differences in Outcome of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

OBJECTIVES Gender specific differences receive increasing attention and are known to affect the outcome of cardiovascular diseases. We investigated possible risk-factors for gender-specific differences in ascending aortic aneurysm surgery. METHODS 548 consecutive patients (male: n = 390, age: 58.3 ± 14.4 years; female: n = 158, age: 65.3 ± 12.9 years) with aneurysms of the ascending aorta eli...

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

It is reported a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in a 25-year-old systemic lupus erythematosus woman who underwent 19 years steroid therapy. She was treated with 2 endovascular stent-grafts, discharged from hospital 13 days after the procedure in good health. Three months later she returned with hemorrhagic shock due to high digestive hemorrhage secondary to an aortic-esophageal fi...

Aortic Pseudo aneurysm 3 Years after Interposition Tube Graft for Acute Dissection of Ascending Aorta

Introduction: Patients with primary acute aortic dissection are at higher risk of complications, including increasing aortic aneurysm diameter, aortic rupture, aortic pseudo aneurysm, and recurrent aortic dissection. Case presentation We presented the case of a recurrent pseudo aneurysm and rupture of the aorta in the distal a...