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...
marfanoid aortic valve and 25 months old, greater habitus, aortic root ascending aortic than 97th percentile for dilatation repair, club foot height, not evaluated for ophthalmologic or cardi- ovascular features Abbreviations: MFS, Marfan syndrome; TB, transforming growth factor-beta binding protein....
This review aims to determine if an aortic diameter of 5.5cm is an appropriate threshold for prophylactic surgical repair of non-syndromic ascending TAAs. METHOD. A search of Ovid MEDLINE and Pubmed databases was performed. Search terms included "ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm", "ATAA", "...
Background: Systematic screening for ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dilations does not exist currently with unknown prevalence and diagnostic yields. We evaluated the prevalence of ascending thoracic aortic dilation. Methods: Computed tomography scans including the chest in adult patients carried ...