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ReviewNetherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation2024

Growth rates in non-syndromic aneurysms of the ascending aorta: a systematic review.

Luc Cozijnsen, Bouke P Adriaans, Tjard R Schermer, Maarten Groenink, Simon Schalla, Sebastiaan C A M Bekkers

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Review in Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Luc CozijnsenDepartment of Cardiology, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. lcozijnsen@solcon.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-1352
Bouke P AdriaansCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Tjard R SchermerDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Statistics, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
Maarten GroeninkDepartment of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Simon SchallaCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Sebastiaan C A M BekkersDepartment of Cardiology, Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

The maximum aortic diameter is the main risk predictor for type A acute aortic syndromes and understanding the growth rate of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (aTAAs) is pivotal for risk assessment and stratification for pre-emptive aortic surgery. Prevailing guidelines recommend serial imaging of aTAA patients until the thresholds for prophylactic surgery are met. Based on early landmark studies, it was thought that the growth rate of aTAAs is substantially higher than that of the normal-sized aorta. However, more recent studies have reported that aTAA growth is generally slow, questioning the need for frequent imaging during follow-up. The current systematic review provides an overview of studies reporting annual diameter growth rates of non-syndromic aTAAs and explains differences in findings between early and recent studies.

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Ascending aortic aneurysmDilatation rateGrowth rateThoracic aortic aneurysm

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PMID39560840
PMCPMC11584832

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