Aorta, Thoracic

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Real world" thoracic endografting: results with the Gore TAG device 2 years after U.S. FDA approval. 
  • A minimally invasive, algorithm-based approach for anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. 
  • A silent but lethal injury associated with facial trauma. 
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of stroke rates in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysm and type B dissection. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Acute DeBakey Type I Dissection Repair Using Frozen Elephant Trunk: The Cleveland Clinic Technique. 
  • Acute aortic dissections with entry tear in the arch: A report from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. 
  • Acute thrombosis of a composite ascending aortic conduit containing a Bjork-Shiley valve during pregnancy: successful emergency cesarean section and operative repair. 
  • Acute traumatic aortic aneurysm: the Duke experience from 1970 to 1990. 
  • Amplatzer Device Embolization to the Aortic Arch Discovered Two Years After Implantation 
  • An Alternative Technique for Hemiarch Replacement Without Using Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest. 
  • Angiogenesis-like activity of endothelial cells co-cultured with VEGF-producing smooth muscle cells. 
  • Angiographic evaluation of the ductus diverticulum. 
  • Angiopoietin-1 promotes atherosclerosis by increasing the proportion of circulating Gr1+ monocytes. 
  • Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery: Surgical Emergency? 
  • Antegrade versus retrograde cerebral perfusion for hemiarch replacement with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: does it matter? A propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Aorta and iliac arteries: single versus multiple detector-row helical CT angiography. 
  • Aortic Arch Management During Acute and Subacute Type A Aortic Syndromes. 
  • Aortic arch atheroma progression and recurrent vascular events in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. 
  • Aortic atheroma burden and cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Aortic dissection resulting from tear of transverse arch: is concomitant arch repair warranted? 
  • Aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease... and a challenging aorta. 
  • Apolipoprotein E4 increases aortic atheroma burden in cardiac surgical patients. 
  • Ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery fistula following orthotopic heart transplantation: successful percutaneous closure employing an Amplatzer Duct Occluder. 
  • Assessment of vascular contrast and wall motion of the aortic root and ascending aorta on MDCT angiography: dual-source high-pitch vs non-gated single-source acquisition schemes. 
  • Associations of aortic distensibility and arterial elasticity with long-term visit-to-visit blood pressure variability: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 
  • Avoiding major vessel injury during laparoscopic instrument insertion. 
  • Beating-Heart Sliding Arch Aortoplasty for Arch Hypoplasia Beyond Infancy. 
  • Bovine arch anatomy influences recoarctation rates in the era of the extended end-to-end anastomosis. 
  • Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations presenting as mass lesions in children: spectrum of imaging findings. 
  • CT angiography earns role in thoracic aorta. 
  • CT angiography of the thoracic aorta. 
  • Cardiac catheterization within 1 to 3 days of proximal aortic surgery is not associated with increased postoperative acute kidney injury. 
  • Clinical implications of systemic inflammatory response syndrome following thoracic aortic stent-graft placement. 
  • Commentary: Innominate artery cannulation for antegrade cerebral perfusion: Keeping the light bulb lit. 
  • Commentary: Perfusion Strategies for Neonatal Aortic Arch Repair, Future Strategies, and Research Opportunities. 
  • Commentary: Repair or replace-Potts shunt versus lung transplantation for refractory pediatric pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Common variants in the periostin gene influence development of atherosclerosis in young persons. 
  • Comparison of aortic intima and inner media in young adult versus aging rats. Stereology in a polarized system. 
  • Comparison of direct aortic and femoral cannulation for port-access cardiac operations. 
  • Comparison of invasive and non-invasive pressure gradients in aortic arch obstruction. 
  • Comparison of medical and surgical therapy for uncomplicated descending aortic dissection. 
  • Comparison of thickness and distensibility in the carotid artery and descending thoracic aorta: in vivo ultrasound assessment. 
  • Congenital thoracic vascular anomalies: evaluation with state-of-the-art MR imaging and MDCT. 
  • Contemporary Multicenter Outcomes for Truncus Arteriosus With Interrupted Aortic Arch. 
  • Current management of aortic arch lesions with hybrid procedures: a tailored approach to a progressive disease. 
  • Development of a simplified spinal cord ischemia model in mice. 
  • Direct Percutaneous Intercostal Artery Access for Thoracic Type II Endoleak Embolization. 
  • Direct aortic cannulation for port-access mitral or coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Discriminant analysis of native thoracic aortic curvature: risk prediction for endoleak formation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Does deeper hypothermia reduce the risk of acute kidney injury after circulatory arrest for aortic arch surgery? 
  • Does moderate hypothermia really carry less bleeding risk than deep hypothermia for circulatory arrest? A propensity-matched comparison in hemiarch replacement. 
  • Does the degree of coarctation of the aorta influence wall shear stress focal heterogeneity? 
  • Doppler flow patterns in the right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt and neo-aorta in infants with single right ventricle anomalies: impact on outcome after initial staged palliations. 
  • Double aortic arch with aortic atresia and left-sided type B interruption. 
  • Duration of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for aortic arch surgery: is it a myth, fiction, or scientific leap? 
  • ECG-gated MR angiography provides better reproducibility for standard aortic measurements. 
  • Echocardiography in the diagnosis of thoracic aortic pathology. 
  • Effect of fibronectin amount and conformation on the strength of endothelial cell adhesion to HEMA/EMA copolymers. 
  • Effects of Exercise Restriction on Patients With Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery. 
  • Effects of model-based iterative reconstruction on image quality for low-dose computed tomographic angiography of the thoracic aorta in a Swine model. 
  • Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma: Is Postimplant Hypertension an Incidental Finding? 
  • Endovascular Treatment of a Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury in an Eight-Year Old Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature. 
  • Endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysms: results with "on-label" application in the post Food and Drug Administration approval era. 
  • Enhanced H(2)O(2)-induced cytotoxicity in "epithelioid" smooth muscle cells: implications for neointimal regression. 
  • Evolving practice pattern changes and outcomes in the era of hybrid aortic arch repair. 
  • Exercise restriction is not associated with increasing body mass index over time in patients with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries. 
  • Expanding the clinical spectrum of late-onset Pompe disease: dilated arteriopathy involving the thoracic aorta, a novel vascular phenotype uncovered. 
  • Experimental hypoxemic hypoxia: changes in R2* of brain parenchyma accurately reflect the combined effects of changes in arterial and cerebral venous oxygen saturation. 
  • Fibroblast growth factor 23 is not associated with and does not induce arterial calcification. 
  • Flow reversal in the descending aorta: a guide to intraoperative assessment of aortic regurgitation with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Fluid shear stress differentially modulates expression of genes encoding basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor B chain in vascular endothelium. 
  • Frailty and risk in proximal aortic surgery. 
  • Frontiers in aortic arch surgery: partem futuri! 
  • Functional coupling of oxygen binding and vasoactivity in S-nitrosohemoglobin. 
  • Gated thoracic magnetic resonance angiography at 3T: noncontrast versus blood pool contrast. 
  • Gene expression phenotypes of atherosclerosis. 
  • Gene transfer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase reduces angiotensin II-induced endothelial dysfunction. 
  • Giant cell aortitis mimicking intramural hematoma. 
  • Glutathione peroxidase-deficient smooth muscle cells cause paracrine activation of normal smooth muscle cells via cyclophilin A. 
  • Gp91phox contributes to NADPH oxidase activity in aortic fibroblasts but not smooth muscle cells. 
  • Gunshot-Induced Aorto-Left Atrial Fistula Diagnosed by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Helical CT angiography of the thoracic aorta. 
  • Hemiarch replacement at 28°C: an analysis of mild and moderate hypothermia in 500 patients. 
  • Hemodynamic stress and experimental aortoiliac atherosclerosis. 
  • How I use fibrinogen replacement therapy in acquired bleeding. 
  • Hypothermia and cerebral protection strategies in aortic arch surgery: a comparative effectiveness analysis from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Identification of the enzymatic mechanism of nitroglycerin bioactivation. 
  • Imaging of the postoperative thoracic aorta: the spectrum of normal and abnormal findings. 
  • Imaging the thoracic aorta: anatomy, technical considerations, and trauma. 
  • Impact of quantitatively determined native thoracic aortic tortuosity on endoleak development after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Incomplete endograft apposition to the aortic arch: bird-beak configuration increases risk of endoleak formation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Increased vasoconstrictor response of the mouse lacking angiotensin II type 2 receptor. 
  • Infant With Abdominal Fullness. 
  • Insights into Arch Vessel Development in the Bovine Aortic Arch. 
  • Insurance status is associated with acuity of presentation and outcomes for thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Insurance status predicts acuity of thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Intermediate follow-up following intravascular stenting for treatment of coarctation of the aorta. 
  • Intraoperative use of low-dose recombinant activated factor VII during thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Isolated innominate artery in asplenia syndrome with aortic atresia: newly recognized cardiovascular complex. 
  • Knowledge gaps in surgical management for aortic dissection. 
  • Left atrial decompression pump for severe heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: theoretical and clinical considerations. 
  • Liposome-mediated augmentation of superoxide dismutase in endothelial cells prevents oxygen injury. 
  • Local delivery of osteopontin attenuates vascular remodeling by altering matrix metalloproteinase-2 in a rabbit model of aortic injury. 
  • Long-segment thoracoabdominal aortic occlusions in childhood. 
  • Long-term outcomes of aortic root operations in the United States among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • MDCT angiography after open thoracic aortic surgery: pearls and pitfalls. 
  • MDCT angiography of thoracic aorta endovascular stent-grafts: pearls and pitfalls. 
  • MDCT imaging of the aorta and peripheral vessels. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis. 
  • Maladaptive aortic properties after the Norwood procedure: An angiographic analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. 
  • Management and long-term outcome of aortic dissection. 
  • Manganese porphyrin redox state in endothelial cells: Resonance Raman studies and implications for antioxidant protection towards peroxynitrite. 
  • Mast cell activation and arterial hypotension during proximal aortic repair requiring hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Midterm outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers using the RelayPlus stent graft. 
  • Modeling Outcomes: Modified Aortic Arch Advancement for Neonatal Hypoplastic Arch. 
  • Moderate hypothermia and unilateral selective antegrade cerebral perfusion: a contemporary cerebral protection strategy for aortic arch surgery. 
  • Multidetector-row CT angiographic findings in the bilateral aortic arch origin of the vertebral arteries. 
  • Multiple Aortic Aneurysms. 
  • Myocardial distribution of cardioplegic solution after retrograde delivery in patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures. 
  • Neurophysiological Intraoperative Monitoring During Aortic Arch Surgery. 
  • New method of measuring coronary diameter by electron-beam computed tomographic angiography using adjusted thresholds determined by calibration with aortic opacity. 
  • Normative Values of Pediatric Thoracic Aortic Diameters Indexed to Body Surface Area Using Computed Tomography. 
  • Obscured aortic arch on the lateral view as a sign of coarctation. 
  • Open arch surgery in the redo setting: contemporary outcomes. 
  • Origins and consequences of vascular calcification. 
  • Osteopontin expression and adventitial angiogenesis induced by local vascular endothelial growth factor 165 reduces experimental aortic calcification. 
  • Outcomes of Planned Two-Stage Hybrid Aortic Repair With Dacron-Replaced Proximal Landing Zone. 
  • Outcomes of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Results From the Valiant United States Investigational Device Exemption Study. 
  • Outcomes of carotid-subclavian bypass performed in the setting of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Pan-aortic hybrid treatment of mega-aorta syndrome. 
  • Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of the aortic arch resulting in extensive and fatal dissection. 
  • Perioperative Removal of Autologous Platelets. 
  • Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: the anesthesiologist as cardiac diagnostician. 
  • Perspective volume rendering of CT and MR images: applications for endoscopic imaging. 
  • Phorbol ester effects on alpha 1-adrenoceptor binding and phosphatidylinositol metabolism in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. 
  • Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery. 
  • Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch. 
  • Predictors of electrocerebral inactivity with deep hypothermia. 
  • Predictors of massive transfusion with thoracic aortic procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Preoperative assessment of left ventricular function in patients selected for direct myocardial revascularization. 
  • Primary intraaortic malignancy--a case report. 
  • Primary undifferentiated sarcoma of the thoracic aorta. 
  • Prolonged Periods of Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion Are Safe During Elective Arch Surgery. 
  • Prolonged postoperative respiratory support after proximal thoracic aortic surgery: Is deep hypothermic circulatory arrest a risk factor? 
  • Protocolized hemostatic factor use in major thoracic aortic surgery. 
  • Pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect with aortopulmonary collaterals in an adult dog. 
  • Radiographic features of mediastinal anatomy. 
  • Radiologic evaluation of blunt thoracic aortic injury in pediatric patients. 
  • Re-Operative Aortic Arch Surgery in a Contemporary Series. 
  • Recent Advances in Congenital Heart Surgery: Alternative Perfusion Strategies for Infant Aortic Arch Repair. 
  • Regional Mapping of Aortic Wall Stress by Using Deformable, Motion-coherent Modeling based on Electrocardiography-gated Multidetector CT Angiography: Feasibility Study. 
  • Relation between non-uniform hemodynamics and sites of altered permeability and lesion growth at the rabbit aorto-celiac junction. 
  • Reply to the editor. 
  • Reply: Does the Solution Only Lie in the Size of the Aorta? 
  • Results with an algorithmic approach to hybrid repair of the aortic arch. 
  • Rethinking Aortic Root Replacement With Anomalous Left Coronary After Computed Tomographic Angiogram. 
  • Retrograde ascending aortic dissection as an early complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Retrograde ascending aortic dissection during or after thoracic aortic stent graft placement: insight from the European registry on endovascular aortic repair complications. 
  • Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect. 
  • Risk Prediction Model for Major Adverse Outcome in Proximal Thoracic Aortic Surgery. 
  • Risk factors for 1-year mortality after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Role for Nox1 NADPH oxidase in atherosclerosis. 
  • Root replacement surgery versus more conservative management during type A acute aortic dissection repair. 
  • Safety of Moderate Hypothermia With Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Total Aortic Arch Replacement. 
  • Severe and resistant hypertension in an older woman with claudication. 
  • Severity and Duration of Metabolic Acidosis After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Thoracic Aortic Surgery. 
  • Shunt vascularity in a young patient with right-sided aortic arch. 
  • Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Reporting Standards for Type B Aortic Dissections. 
  • Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Solitary intercostal arterial trunk: a previously unreported anatomical variant. 
  • Standardizing clinical end points in aortic arch surgery: a consensus statement from the International Aortic Arch Surgery Study Group. 
  • Stress fibers in endothelial cells overlying atherosclerotic lesions in rabbit aorta. 
  • Stroke after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Silent Enemy that Needs More Caution. 
  • Subaortic aneurysm of the left ventricle. 
  • Successful Prediction of a Left Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve in a Patient With Right-Sided Aorta and Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery. 
  • Surgical options to contend with thoracic aortic pathology. 
  • Systemic involvement in ACS: Using CMR imaging to compare the aortic wall in patients with and without acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Takayasu arteritis: diagnosis with MR imaging and MR angiography in acute and chronic active stages. 
  • The "sandblasting" effect of aortic cannula on arch atheroma during cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001). 
  • The Hostile Thoracic Aorta: Management Considerations for Severe Aortic Atheroma in a Challenging Case of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Replacement. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety. 
  • The aorta wall of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute myocardial infarction by cardiac magnetic resonance. 
  • The evolution of care improves outcome in blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • The impact of intraoperative echocardiography on clinical outcomes following adult cardiac surgery. 
  • The importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • The role of β-arrestin2-dependent signaling in thoracic aortic aneurysm formation in a murine model of Marfan syndrome. 
  • Thinking beyond the aortic valve: implications of a diseased aorta. 
  • Thoracic Aortic Surgery in the 21st Century. 
  • Thoracic aorta endografts: variations in practice among medical specialists. 
  • Thoracic imaging features of patients with antiphospholipid antibodies. 
  • Three-dimensional visualization of recurrent coarctation of the aorta by electron-beam tomography and MRI. 
  • Thrombosis of the pulmonary artery stump after distal ligation. 
  • Tin-filtered low-dose chest CT to quantify macroscopic calcification burden of the thoracic aorta. 
  • Topical VEGF enhances healing of thoracic aortic anastomosis for coarctation in a rabbit model. 
  • Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography-guided aortic thrombectomy in a patient with a mobile thoracic aortic thrombus. 
  • Transradial access or Simmons shaped 8F guide enables delivery of flow diverters in patients with large intracranial aneurysms and type III aortic arch: technical case report. 
  • Treatment with rapamycin and mycophenolic acid reduces arterial intimal thickening produced by mechanical injury and allows endothelial replacement. 
  • Trends and outcomes of endovascular and open treatment for traumatic thoracic aortic injury. 
  • Two-stage total cardioaortic replacement for end-stage heart and aortic disease in Marfan syndrome: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Ulcerated plaques in the aortic arch in patients with stroke. 
  • Ultrastructure of hypertensive rat aorta. Increased basement membrane-like material. 
  • Unusual aortic calcification associated with volume loss and opacification of the left hemithorax. 
  • Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: findings from autopsy analysis. 
  • Using Ultrasound Wisely: A Tool to Enhance Good Clinical Practice. 
  • Utility of virtual monoenergetic images derived from a dual-layer detector-based spectral CT in the assessment of aortic anatomy and pathology: A retrospective case control study. 
  • Variation in Perfusion Strategies for Neonatal and Infant Aortic Arch Repair: Contemporary Practice in the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Vocal cord dysfunction and feeding difficulties after pediatric cardiovascular surgery. 
  • Where's the flap? 
  • [3H]Dihydroergocryptine binding to alpha adrenergic receptors in canine aortic membranes. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Chen, Edward Po-Chung, Professor of Surgery, Surgery
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Rubin, Geoffrey D, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology