Degree of fusiform dilatation of the proximal descending aorta in type B acute aortic dissection can predict late aortic events

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1163-1170

  Marui, Akira ^a,b   Mochizuki, Takaaki ^a   Koyama, Tadaaki ^c   Mitsui, Norimasa ^d  

^a TSUCHIYA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Shin Katsushika Hospital   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STENT;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35448997707     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Myrmel T., Lai D.T., and Miller D.C. Can the principles of evidence-based medicine be applied to the treatment of aortic dissections?. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 25 (2004) 236-242
2. Hagan P.G., Nienaber C.A., Isselbacher E.M., et al. The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD): new insights into an old disease. JAMA 283 (2000) 897-903
3. Umana J.P., Lai D.T., Mitchell R.S., et al. Is medical therapy still the optimal treatment strategy for patients with acute type B aortic dissections?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 124 (2002) 896-910
4. Safi H.J., and Estrera A.L. Aortic dissection. Br J Surg 91 (2004) 523-525
5. Genoni M., Paul M., Tavakoli R., et al. Predictors of complications in acute type B aortic dissection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 22 (2002) 59-63
6. Masuda Y., Yamada Z., Morooka N., Watanabe S., and Inagaki Y. Prognosis of patients medically treated aortic dissection. Circulation 84 suppl III (1991) 7-13 III
7. Juvonen T., Ergin M.A., Galla J.D., et al. Risk factors for rupture of chronic type B dissections. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 117 (1999) 776-786
8. Kato M., Bai H., Sato K., et al. Determining surgical indications for acute type B dissection based on enlargement of aortic diameter during the chronic phase. Circulation 92 Suppl II (1995) 107-112 II
9. Bernard Y., Zimmermann H., Chocron S., et al. False lumen patency as a predictor of late outcome in aortic dissection. Am J Cardiol 87 (2001) 1378-1382
10. Sueyoshi E., Sakamoto I., Hayashi K., Yamaguchi T., and Imada T. Growth rate of aortic diameter in patients with type B aortic dissection during the chronic phase. Circulation 110 Suppl II (2004) 256-261 II
11. Hata M., Shiono M., Inoue T., et al. Optimal treatment of type B acute aortic dissection: long-term medical follow-up results. Ann Thorac Surg 75 (2003) 1781-1784
12. Marui A., Mochizuki T., Mitsui N., Koyama T., Kimura F., and Horibe M. Toward the best treatment for uncomplicated patients with type B acute aortic dissection: a consideration for sound surgical indication. Circulation 100 Suppl II (1999) 275-280 II
13. Hardy C.J., Bolster Jr. B.D., McVeigh E.R., Iben I.E., and Zerhouni E.A. Pencil excitation with interleaved Fourier velocity encoding: NMR measurement of aortic distensibility. Magn Reson Med 35 (1996) 814-819
14. Bogren H.G., Mohiaddin R.H., Yang G.Z., Kilner P.J., and Firmin D.N. Magnetic resonance velocity vector mapping of blood flow in thoracic aortic aneurysms and grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 110 (1995) 704-714
15. Hirose Y., Hamada S., Takamiya M., Imakita S., Naito H., and Nishimura T. Aortic aneurysms: growth rates measured with CT. Radiology 185 (1992) 249-252
16. Kilner P.J., Yang G.Z., Mohiaddin R.H., Firmin D.N., and Longmore D.B. Helical and retrograde secondary flow patterns in the aortic arch studied by three-directional magnetic resonance velocity mapping. Circulation 88 (1993) 2235-2247
17. Dake M.D., Kato N., Mitchell R.S., et al. Endovascular stent-graft placement for the treatment of acute aortic dissection. N Engl J Med 340 (1999) 1546-1552
18. Kato N., Shimono T., Hirano T., et al. Midterm results of stent-graft repair of acute and chronic aortic dissection with descending tear: the complication-specific approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 124 (2002) 306-312
19. Chavan A., Lotz J., Oelert F., Galanski M., Haverich A., and Karck M. Endoluminal treatment of aortic dissection. Eur Radiol 13 (2003) 2521-2534
20. Appoo J.J., Moser W.G., Fairman R.M., et al. Thoracic aortic stent grafting: improving results with newer generation investigational devices. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131 (2006) 1087-1094
21. Doss M., Wood J.P., Balzer J., Martens S., Deschka H., and Moritz A. Emergency endovascular interventions for acute thoracic aortic rupture: four-year follow-up. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129 (2005) 645-651
22. Gleason T.G. Thoracic aortic stent grafting: is it ready for prime time?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131 (2006) 16-18
23. Xu S.D., Huang F.J., Yang J.F., et al. Endovascular repair of acute type B aortic dissection: early and mid-term results. J Vasc Surg 43 (2006) 1090-1095
24. Bockler D., Schumacher H., Ganten M., et al. Complications after endovascular repair of acute symptomatic and chronic expanding Stanford type B aortic dissections. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132 (2006) 361-368
25. Schoder M., Grabenwoger M., Holzenbein T., et al. Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta necessitating anchoring of the stent graft across the arch vessels. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131 (2006) 380-387
26. Marcheix B., Dambrin C., Bolduc J.P., et al. Midterm results of endovascular treatment of atherosclerotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132 (2006) 1030-1036
27. Iyer V.S., Mackenzie K.S., Tse L.W., et al. Early outcomes after elective and emergent endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta. J Vasc Surg 43 (2006) 677-683