Paris D Kalogerakos, Mohammad A Zafar, Yupeng Li, Hesham Ellauzi, Sandip K Mukherjee, Bulat A Ziganshin, John A Rizzo, John A Elefteriades
OBJECTIVES: Ascending aortic aneurysms pose a different risk to each patient. We aim to provide personalized risk stratification for such patients based on sex, age, body surface area, and aneurysm location (root vs ascending). METHODS: Root and ascending diameters, and adverse aortic events (dissection, rupture, death) of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm patients were analyzed. Aortic diameter was placed in context vis-a-vis the normal distribution in the general population with similar sex, age, and BSA, by conversion to z scores...
April 17, 2024: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery