Presentations Given at
American Association for Thoracic Surgery Meeting
Philadelphia,
April-May, 2006 Selected References from the Medical Literature
Overview
Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Fifty years of thoracic aortic surgery: lessons learned and future directions
Acute Aortic Syndrome
Acute aortic syndrome: pathology and therapeutic strategies
Multi-detector row computed tomography: imaging in acute aortic syndrome
Comprehensive cardiovascular ECG-gated MDCT as a standard diagnostic tool in patients
with acute chest pain
Rupturing ascending aorta missed in the emergency room. Failure to properly evaluate
chest pain in patients who subsequently die. (full text article)
Chest pain: a clinical assessment
Initial evaluation of chest pain
The diagnostic dilemma of acute thoracic pain
Ascending Aorta
Surgical Treatment of Ascending Aorta: When and How
Natural History of a Dilated Ascending Aorta after Aortic Valve Replacement
Hypothermic circulatory arrest is not a risk factor for neurologic morbidity in aortic
surgery
Aortic Arch
Prosthetic Replacement of the Aortic Arch (1975)
Aortic Arch Replacement Using a Trifurcated Graft
Aortic Dissection
Aortic enlargement and late reoperation after repair of acute type A aortic dissection
Acute aortic dissection in the young: clinical series
Aortic Diameter >=5.5 cm Is Not a Good Predictor of Type A Aortic Dissection.
Observations From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD)
Characterizing the young patient with aortic dissection: results from the International
Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD)
The fate of the distal aorta after repair of acute type A aortic dissection
Aortic enlargement and late reoperation after repair of acute type A aortic dissection
Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aorta
Total Circulatory Arrest for Replacement of Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aorta
Growth Rate of Aorta in Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Approach to the Patient with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Complications After Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement: long term
results
Post-Stenotic Aortic Dilatation (full text article)
Clinical Significance of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Bicuspid aortic valve is heritable
Familial thoracic aortic dilation and bicommissural aortic valve: A prospective analysis
of natural history and inheritance
Evidence in favor of linkage to human chromosomal regions 18q, 5q and 13q for bicuspid
aortic valve and associated cardiovascular malformations
Clinical and pathophysiological implications of a bicuspid aortic valve (full text
article)
Ubiquitin fusion degradation 1-like gene dysregulation in bicuspid aortic valve
Bicuspid aortic valve and coarctation: two villains part of a diffuse problem
Mechanisms Underlying Aortic Dilatation in Congenital Aortic Valve Malformation
Dilation of the entire thoracic aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: a magnetic
resonance angiography study.
Usefulness of MRI in the follow-up of patients with repaired aortic coarctation and
bicuspid aortic valve
Comparison of diameter of ascending aorta in patients with severe aortic stenosis
secondary to congenital versus degenerative versus rheumatic etiologies
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and TAAD in Children/Young Adults
Ascending aortic aneurysm & dissection in young adults with bicuspid aortic valve
Comparison of the Pattern of Aortic Dilation in Children with Marfan's Syndrome versus
Children with Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Dilation of the ascending aorta in pediatric patients with bicuspid aortic valve
Frequency of aortic root dilation in children with a bicuspid aortic valve
Aortic dissection in children and young adults: diagnosis, patients at risk, and
outcomes
Progression of aortic dilation in children with a functionally normal bicuspid aortic
valve
Progressive dilation of the ascending aorta in children with isolated bicuspid aortic
valve
Morphology and function of the bicuspid aortic valve with and without coarctation
of the aorta in the young
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and Brain Aneurysm/Dissection
Aortic coarctation is correlated with bicuspid aortic valve and intracranial aneurysm
Congenital Heart Disease and Intracranial Aneurysms
Familial Aorto-Cervicocephalic Arterial Dissections and Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Prosthetic Valves
Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart Valves by Transesophageal Echocardiography: Problems,
Pitfalls, and Timing of Echocardiography (full text)
Familial TAAD
Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections--incidence, modes of inheritance,
and phenotypic patterns
Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections: three families with early-onset
ascending and descending aortic dissections in women
Genetic basis of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections
Blood Pressure
Stress analysis in a layered aortic arch model under pulsatile blood flow
7th Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation,
and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
Exercise/Weight Lifting
Weight Lifting and Aortic Dissection
Weight Lifting and Type II Aortic Dissection
Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Sports
Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Evaluation of the ability to participate in competitive sports:
case reports of two soccer players
Etiologic Factors of Acute Aortic Dissection in Children and Young Adults
Other Topics
Aortic dissection in pregnancy: an analysis of risk factors and outcome
Gender-Related Differences in Acute Aortic Dissection (from International Registry
of Acute Aortic Dissection)
Recurrent ischemic strokes in a patient with Medtronic-Hall prosthetic aortic valve
and valve strands
Mechanical prosthetic valve-associated strands: Pathologic correlates to transesophageal
echocardiography
Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality in the United States
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