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Personalized CT-Derived Modeling Guides Choices in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Use of a dedicated patient-specific computer model, derived from CT imaging, to evaluate patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis can identify those best suited for TAVR and those who ...
Nature

Plasma C-terminal pro-endothelin-1 is associated with left ventricular mass index and aortic root diameter in African-American adults with hypertension

This study was part of the Proteomic Markers of Arteriosclerosis Study, which is investigating the association of multiple markers in various etiologic pathways of vascular diseases with several ...
TCTMD

VIVA: No Difference Between TAVI and SAVR for Small Aortic Annuli

SAN FRANCISCO. CA—In patients with severe aortic stenosis and small aortic annuli, SAVR and TAVI result in similar 2-year outcomes for mortality, stroke, and cardiac rehospitalization events, the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Angiotensin II Blockade and Aortic-Root Dilation in Marfan's Syndrome

Progressive enlargement of the aortic root, leading to dissection, is the main cause of premature death in patients with Marfan's syndrome. Recent data from mouse models of Marfan's syndrome suggest ...
Healio

Aortic Dissection - Ascending

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This “false lumen” can ...