ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2016
Simple Renal Cysts as Markers of Thoracic Aortic Disease.
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- Extent of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Patients With Organ Cysts.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
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- The Correlation and Copathogenesis of Coronary Aortic Sandwich and Renal Cysts.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment.JACC. Case reports · 2021Article
- Characteristics of organ cysts and their association with type A aortic dissection.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2021Article
- Association of renal cyst and type A acute aortic dissection with hypertension.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Etiology and impact on outcomes of polycystic kidney disease in abdominal aortic aneurysm.Surgery today · 2020Article
- Surgical outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in dialysis patients.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2019Article
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm: unlocking the "silent killer" secrets.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2019Review
- Guilt by association: a paradigm for detection of silent aortic disease.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundThoracic aortic aneurysm is usually a clinically silent disease; timely detection is largely dependent upon identification of clinical markers of thoracic aortic disease (TAD); (bicuspid aortic valve, intracranial aortic aneurysm, bovine aortic arch, or positive family history). Recently, an association of simple renal cysts (SRC) with abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection was established. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of SRC in patients with TAD in order to assess whether the presence of SRC can be used as a predictor of TAD. METHODS AND
resultsWe evaluated the prevalence of SRC in 842 patients with TAD (64.0% males) treated at our institution from 2004 to 2013 and compared to a control group of patients (n=543; 56.2% males). Patients were divided into 4 groups: ascending aortic aneurysm (456; 54.2%); descending aortic aneurysm (86; 10.2%); type A aortic dissection (118; 14.0%); and type B aortic dissection (182; 21.6%). SRC were identified by abdominal computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging of these patients. Prevalence of SRC is 37.5%, 57.0%, 44.1%, and 47.3% for patients with ascending aneurysm, descending aneurysm, type A dissection, and type B dissection, respectively. Prevalence of SRC in the control group was 15.3%. Prevalence of SRC was not significantly different between male and female aortic disease patients, despite reported general male predominance (2:1), which was also observed in our control group (1.7:1).
conclusionsThis study establishes an increased prevalence of SRC in patients with TAD. SRC can potentially be used as a marker for timely detection of patients at risk of TAD.
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