Olina Dagher, Jehangir J Appoo, Eric Herget, Rony Atoui, Cristian Baeza, William Brinkman, John Bozinovski, Michael W A Chu, Francois Dagenais, Philippe Demers, Nimesh Desai, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Anthony Estrera, Juan B Grau, G Chad Hughes, Arminder Jassar, Puja Kachroo, Kevin Lachapelle, Maral Ouzounian, Himanshu J Patel, Zlatko Pozeg, Elaine Tseng, Richard Whitlock, Ming Hao Guo, Munir Boodhwani
OBJECTIVES: Traditional criteria for intervention on an asymptomatic ascending aortic aneurysm has been a maximal aortic diameter of ⩾5.5cm. The 2022 ACC/AHA aortic guidelines adopted cross-sectional aortic area/height ratio, aortic size index (ASI) and aortic height index (AHI) as alternate parameters for surgical intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of using these newer indices on patient eligibility for surgical intervention in a prospective, multicenter cohort with moderate sized ascending aortic aneurysms between 5...
April 13, 2024: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery