Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Losartan, an AT1 Antagonist, Prevents Aortic Aneurysm in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome

2006 • 1,697 citations

Progression of Aortic Dilatation and the Benefit of Long-Term β-Adrenergic Blockade in Marfan's Syndrome

1994 • 1,052 citations

Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size

2002 • 972 citations

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

2008 • 822 citations

Endovascular aneurysm repair and outcome in patients unfit for open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 2): randomised controlled trial

2005 • 802 citations

Aortic Diameter ≥5.5 cm Is Not a Good Predictor of Type A Aortic Dissection

2007 • 737 citations

Acute Aortic Dissection: Population-Based Incidence Compared With Degenerative Aortic Aneurysm Rupture

2004 • 583 citations

Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns

2006 • 452 citations

Familial Patterns of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

1999 • 344 citations

Use of doxycycline to decrease the growth rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

2001 • 319 citations

Fibrillin–2 (FBN2) mutations result in the Marfan–like disorder, congenital contractural arachnodactyly

1995 • 283 citations

Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: a study of growth rates and complications

1999 • 278 citations

Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of β-blocker therapy (atenolol) versus angiotensin II receptor blocker therapy (losartan) in individuals with Marfan syndrome

2007 • 227 citations

Increasing incidence of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: A population-based study

2006 • 212 citations

Increased Tissue Microarray Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression Favors Proteolysis in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

2004 • 209 citations

Fibrillin-1 (FBN1) Mutations in Patients With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

1996 • 208 citations

Reduced Atherosclerotic Plaque but Enhanced Aneurysm Formation in Mice With Inactivation of the Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 ( TIMP-1 ) Gene

2002 • 186 citations

Weight Lifting and Aortic Dissection: More Evidence for a Connection

2006 • 180 citations

Increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in abdominal aortic aneurysms in positron emission/computed tomography is associated with inflammation, aortic wall instability, and acute symptoms

2008 • 179 citations

Fluid structure interaction of patient specific abdominal aortic aneurysms: a comparison with solid stress models

2006 • 177 citations

Mechanical deterioration underlies malignant behavior of aneurysmal human ascending aorta

2005 • 164 citations

Diagnostic and prognostic value of circulating D-Dimers in patients with acute aortic dissection

2006 • 155 citations

Mapping a Locus for Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections ( TAAD2 ) to 3p24–25

2003 • 141 citations

Dynamic Cine-CT Angiography for the Evaluation of the Thoracic Aorta; Insight in Dynamic Changes with Implications for Thoracic Endograft Treatment

2006 • 135 citations

Safety of Thoracic Aortic Surgery in the Present Era

2007 • 127 citations

Doxycycline therapy for abdominal aneurysm: Improved proteolytic balance through reduced neutrophil content

2009 • 108 citations

Ascending aortic curvature as an independent risk factor for type A dissection, and ascending aortic aneurysm formation: a mathematical model☆

2008 • 100 citations

Medical management of acute type A aortic dissection.

2009 • 97 citations

Role of Exertion or Emotion as Inciting Events for Acute Aortic Dissection

2007 • 96 citations

Impaired results of a randomised double blinded clinical trial of propranolol versus placebo on the expansion rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.

1999 • 95 citations

Ascending Thoracic Aneurysms Are Associated With Decreased Systemic Atherosclerosis

2005 • 93 citations

Gene Expression Signature in Peripheral Blood Detects Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

2007 • 92 citations

Procedures for Estimating Growth Rates in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

1998 • 91 citations

In Vivo Imaging of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms:Increased FDG Uptake Suggests Inflammation in the Aneurysm Wall

2008 • 86 citations

Patient-reported quality of life after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: A prospective comparison of endovascular and open repair

2006 • 80 citations

Response of plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 to conventional abdominal aortic aneurysm repair or endovascular exclusion: Implications for endoleak

2002 • 77 citations

The Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy for Decreasing the Expansion Rate of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2008 • 76 citations

Radiation burden of patients undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

2009 • 74 citations

Litigation in Nontraumatic Aortic Diseases – A Tempest in the Malpractice Maelstrom

2007 • 71 citations

Acute aortic dissections

1976 • 51 citations

Nonsyndromic genetic predisposition to aortic dissection

2004 • 50 citations

Beating a Sudden Killer

2005 • 46 citations

Acute Aortic Disease

2007 • 26 citations

Response of plasma matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases to stent-graft surgery for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

2007 • 24 citations

Simultaneous sizing and preoperative risk stratification for thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair: Role of gated computed tomography

2008 • 22 citations

Pharmacotherapy of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

2006 • 15 citations

Did Life Come from Another World?

2005 • 15 citations

EVAR, TEVAR, FEVAR, Too Far?

2008 • 11 citations

64-MDCT imaging of the coronary arteries and systemic arterial vascular tree in a single examination: optimisation of the scan protocol and contrast-agent administration

2008 • 8 citations

NOTES ON ANEURISM.

1902 • 5 citations

Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection.

1990 • 4 citations