Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Next generation sequencing for diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections: diagnostic yield, novel mutations and genotype phenotype correlations
... Background: Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD) are silent but possibly lethal condition with up to 40 % of cases being ...established thoracic aortic ...
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FOXE3 mutations predispose to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
... ascending thoracic aorta is designed to withstand biomechanical forces from pulsatile ...blood. Thoracic aortic aneurysms and acute aortic dissections (TAADs) occur as a result of ...
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Diverging Alternative Splicing Fingerprints in the Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Pathway Identified in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
... nondilated thoracic aortic ...with thoracic aortic aneurysm are important targets for understanding the underlying mechanisms of aneurysm ...
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Clinical and genetic aspects of Marfan syndrome and familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
... of thoracic aortic ...genetically-determined aneurysms, even in those of a very young ...for aortic and arterial aneurysms and ...
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Proteomic profiling for the identification of serum diagnostic biomarkers for abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms
... Presurgery and postsurgery serum samples were obtained from 7 AAA and 7 TAA patients who underwent aortic aneurysm resection. Protein levels in postsurgical sera were compared with those in presurgical sera using ...
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3D geometric reconstruction of thoracic aortic aneurysms
... aortic lumen and wall is a crucial step for the creation of a finite element model. The reconstruction of arterial struc- tures involves the use of sets of clinical data (MRI or CT, in general) that are processed ...
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Selective and marked decrease of complement receptor C5aR2 in human thoracic aortic aneurysms: a dysregulation with potential inflammatory effects
... with thoracic aortic disease: a report of the American College of cardiology Foundation/American heart association Task force on practice guidelines, American association for thoracic surgery, ...
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Surveillance of moderate-size aneurysms of the thoracic aorta
... cm) thoracic aortic aneurysms (MTAA), who do not warrant surgical ...the Thoracic Surgery clinic for the management of moderate-sized (<5 cm) thoracic aortic aneurysms ...
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Current progress of the inflammasomes in aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection
... in thoracic aortic ...in aortic media cells [32] ...ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) is correlated with MMP-9 expression and aortic media cells apoptosis in ...
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Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm with Dissection Presenting as Flash Pulmonary Edema in a 26-Year-Old Man
... with thoracic aortic aneurysm and their ...for thoracic aortic aneurysm was present in ...of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections without known vascular connective ...
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Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm-Endovascular Aortic Repair
... Thoracic aortic aneurysms are most often due to atherosclerosis [1]. Most patients are asymptomatic. Many first become aware of their aneurysms at the time of rupture. Symptoms result from ...
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Vascular injuries after blunt chest trauma: diagnosis and management
... angulated aortic arches of young patients. The three thoracic endografts currently available in the US were designed for and approved by the FDA for nonruptured thoracic aortic ...abdominal ...
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Transforming growth factor-β and abdominal aortic aneurysms
... Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are common problems in aged people which can be associated with severe complications including aortic rupture and ...of thoracic aortic ...
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Endovascular Repair versus Open Repair for Isolated Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
... Purpose: To compare the outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) with those of open repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (DTAA). Mate- rials and Methods: We ...
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Ways to Correct Indications for Surgical Treatment of Atherosclerotic Descending Aortic Aneurysms
... individuals with aneurysm showed the presence of multiple medical conditions, with cardiovascular diseases at the forefront. The abovementioned factors further increase already high mortality after aortic ...
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Airway obstruction by a retropharyngeal hematoma secondary to thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture
... normal left ventricular function. A chest X-ray showed an enlarged mediastinal shadow. Contrast-enhanced com- puted tomography revealed the presence of a large cervico- mediastinal hematoma and that the pharynx and ...
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Original Article Expression of Gax in thoracic aortic aneurysm and its effect on phenotypic transformation of thoracic aortic smooth muscle cells
... ascending aortic aneurysm. Ex- clusion criteria: no other aortic dilatation dis- eases such as valvular heart disease and aor- tic ...ascending aortic aneurysm wall tissue and the normal tissue were ...
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MicroRNAs, fibrotic remodeling, and aortic aneurysms
... The major disease affecting the aorta is the aneurysm, an abnormal widening or bal- looning of an artery due to weakness in its wall. The most common location for aneu- rysms is the infrarenal segment of the aorta, and ...
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Causes of Death in Patients with Aortic Aneurysmal Disease (1987 2014)
... was aortic re- lated ...ruptured aortic aneurysm with operation (n = 35) or with ruptured aortic aneurysm treated conservatively (n = ...with aneurysms in the thoracic or iliac segments ...
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with aortic aneurysms
... Patients recruited to the study had either an AAA or intermittent claudication. Intermittent claudication was diagnosed by a consultant vascular physician based on an appropriate history along with clinical signs of ...
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