Open AccessSize and dissection: what is the relation?
Author(s) -
Amer Harky,
Mohamad Bashir,
A. Antoniou,
Niroshan Francis,
Loay Alhamdan,
Rakesh Uppal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-0687-2
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , aneurysm , aortic dissection , vascular surgery , aortic aneurysm , cardiothoracic surgery , disease , aorta , cardiology , connective tissue disease , thoracic aorta , thoracic aortic aneurysm , dissection (medical) , surgery , marfan syndrome , radiology , autoimmune disease
Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a complex disease. The consequences of such silent and indolent disease include acute aortic syndrome if not recognized early and treated appropriately. Aortic aneurysm size was a reliable clinical marker to aid clinical intervention; however, aneurysm growth is variable and is influenced by many factors such as age, presence of connective tissue disorders, genetic disorders, hypertension, inflammatory conditions of the aorta, autoimmune diseases, smoking, and history of previous cardiac surgery. Therefore, aortic size became a non-specific disease surrogate and prediction tool on outcome and intervention. In this review article, we examined the current literature for evidence about aneurysm size and its relation to type A aortic dissection.