Sign in to download full-size image Figure 1.Histopathology of the ascending aorta using Movat pentachrome staining in (A), a 52-year-old man with a nondilated ascending aorta, and (B), a 51-year-old man with a 5.8-cm dilated ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm.Blackindicates elastin;red...
Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm growth is minimal at sizes that do not meet criteria for surgical repairdoi:10.21037/QIMS-21-55Arushi GulatiJoseph LeachZhongjie WangYue XuanMichael D. HopeDavid A. SalonerLiang GeElaine E. TsengAME Publishing Company...
However, CT angiography was used as a diagnostic procedure before pregnancy in one of the described cases, while in the second case, magnetic resonance angiography was used to diagnose aortic aneurysm during early pregnancy. Currently, there are no studies that have shown any attributable harms of...
Nevertheless, according to Duke’s criteria, the most probable diagnostic remains infective endocarditis, although an alternative explanation could be paradoxical embolization of septic thrombosis of the legs through a patent foramen ovale. Moreover, this case underlies the high potential for complications...
Figure 1. Flow chart with inclusion criteria of the study (created with BioRender.com). AS: aortic stenosis; CT: computed tomography; TAVR: transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The total study population included 221 patients with severe AS before TAVR in two large cardiology centers in Austri...
Keywords: ascending aorta aneurysm;bicuspid aorta valve;tricuspid aorta valve;ERG transcriptional factor pathway;TGF-β-SMAD;Notch;NO pathways modulation
Hypertension was defined as the fulfillment of any of the following criteria: clinical history of hypertension; systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, in at least two determinations; or antihypertensive treatment that was not administered as therapy to pathology ...
None of the studies provided a sample size justification which, in combination with the often-low sample size, contributes to the risk of bias. All papers did provide a clear research question and clearly described the in- and exclusion criteria which resulted in a good definition of cases and...
2.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria The ICD-10 classification distinguishes thoracic, thoracoabdominal, and abdominal aortic aneurysms. In addition, for each anatomical region, the condition was classified as ruptured or non-ruptured. This means that specificities such as ascending aortic aneurysms, ao...