Aortic stenosis (AS) and hypertension are associated with cardiac hypertrophy and aortic dilatation. The effect of their coincidence on the ascending aortic dimensions has not yet been evaluated, and therefore was the aim of our study. We performed cross-sectional analysis of history, clinical, ...
Does ascending aortic aorta size affect Norwood outcomes in hypoplastic left heart with aortic atresia? Ann Thorac Surg, 110 (2020), pp. 1651-1658 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Cited by (4) Impact of low birth weight on staged single-ventricle palliation 2024, International...
At what size does an aortic aneurysm burst? Bursting: Bursting, which can include both an aortic rupture and an aortic dissection, is the potentially fatal complication involved with an aortic aneurysm. If the aorta ruptures, patients typically only have a 20 percent chance of survival. ...
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provide quantitative data related to vessel wall structure and function. Not only does this improve longitudinal monitoring of the progression of atherosclerosis; it also provides sensitive disease markers that may serve as surrogate endpoints for evaluating the effect of novel treatment strategies. ...
What does a heart aneurysm feel like?An Aneurysm in the Heart:An aneurysm is a condition in which the walls of an artery become weak, causing the artery to balloon outward. However, an aneurysm in the heart is a little different than this type of aneurysm. An aneurysm in the heart (...
DeBakey reported the first series of 138 aortic arch replacements using selective cerebral perfusion in 1962 (1). Primarily two methods for cerebral perfusion were utilized: the first, a constructed passive shunt from the ascending to descending aorta with limbs for carotid artery perfusion and the...
(an off-label use of that compound). The administration of adenosine commonly causes the patient discomfort. The iFR is the instantaneous diastolic pressure gradient between the aorta and the pressure distal to the stenosis and does not necessitate the use of induced hyperemia. At the time of ...
10, 11 Most authorities believe it does not. There are those who believe it does not reason that aortic dissection is more frequently found in the ascending aorta, where atherosclerosis is less common. In addition, dissection in the area of gross atherosclerosis is usually limited because of ...