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Featured
Aneurysm sac size signals need for endoleak intervention
Growing aneurysm sac size signaled need for re-intervention for type IA endoleak from endovascular aneurysm repair
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Featured
Hereditary Links to Aortic Aneurysmal Disease
Researchers have established that a genetic predisposition to thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and genetic factors play a prominent role in TAA expression.
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Featured
Marfan Syndrome: a Significant Predictor of Recurrent Aortic Dissection
Mass General researchers identified 204 cases of recurrent AD from 3,828 AD cases in the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. The study was published in the journal Circulation.
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Polygenic Risk Score Identifies Individuals at Risk of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
James P. Pirruccello, MD, Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD, and colleagues used artificial intelligence to reveal the genetic basis of aortic size variation, then built a polygenic risk score that predicted future risk of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Their findings may also point to new therapeutic targets.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Peripheral Artery Disease in 2022 and Beyond
Anahita Dua, MD, MSc, MBA, director of the Vascular Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Ido Weinberg, MD, medical director of VasCore, presented on peripheral artery disease.
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Cerebral Embolic Protection Device May Not Reduce Stroke Risk After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Dhaval Kolte, MD, PhD, and Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, and colleagues determined from a nationally representative database that using a cerebral embolic protective device during transcatheter aortic valve implantation was not associated with lower rates of in-hospital stroke, transient ischemic attack or mortality.
Aortic Disease Contributors
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Eric Michael Isselbacher, MD
Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab, Co-Director, Mass General Thoracic Aortic Center
Recent Article
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
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Mark E. Lindsay, MD, PhD
Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General for Children, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Polygenic Risk Score Identifies Individuals at Risk of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
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Mark F. Conrad, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Assistant Program Director, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Recent Article
Adverse Neck Anatomy Increases Risk of Late Type 1A Endoleaks
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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