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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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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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The Future of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
David Dudzinski, MD, director of the Heart Center Intensive Care Unit, discusses how his team combines the specialties of cardiology intensive care, cardiac anesthesia and cardiac surgery into a unified care team model to take care of the entire span of patients of acute, critical, cardiovascular illness.
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Pregnant Women with High-Risk Cardiac Conditions Require Multidisciplinary Care
An increasing number of pregnant women have cardiovascular disease, a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. In a recent review, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD, and Emily Lau, MD highlight management strategies and encourage general cardiologists and obstetricians to collaborate to care for these women with highly complex cardiac conditions.
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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Eric Isselbacher, MD, director of Mass General's Healthcare Transformation Lab and co-director of the Thoracic Aortic Center, discusses his team's approach to clinically understanding thoracic aortic disease by leveraging imaging, research and basic science components.
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 Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
New England Journal of Medicine Case Records: A 41-Year-Old Woman with Recurrent Chest Pain
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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
Extracorporeal Circulation During Open Repair of DTA and TAA Aneurysms Improves Late Survival
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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