The Blueprint Genetics Aorta Panel is an efficient genetic diagnostic tool targeted for aortic dilatation and aortic aneurysm diseases. The Aorta Panel covers 18 genes associated with non-syndromic and syndromic aortic disease. Most of the aortic aneurysms associate to non-syndromic dilatation. However, at least 20% of aortic aneurysms are in context of syndromic diseases such as Marfan syndrom...

Aortic stenosis (AS) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are both progressive diseases that if left untreated, result in significant morbidity mortality. Several studies revealed the prevalence of DM is substantially higher patients with AS and, thus, progression from mild to severe greater those DM. common comorbidities associated diseases, AS, increase patient management complexity make aortic valve r...

Ascending aortic dissection and aneurysm are rare but life-threatening complications after aortic valve replacement. Preoperative evaluation of risk factors such as aortic diameter, structural features of aortic wall, and associated diseases may decrease complication rate. We herein present analysis of risk factors of proximal aortic events following aortic valve replacement based on patient wi...

quadricuspid aortic valve (qav) is an uncommon congenital anomaly which was an incidental finding during surgery or autopsy in the past. we present the case of a 44-year-old woman with moderately severe aortic regurgitation due to unequal cusp size qav diagnosed via transesophageal echocardiography. due to echocardiographic imaging improvement, the diagnosis of qav is now easier and earlier tha...

Acute aortic syndromes including aortic rupture remain lifethreatening, and represent a unique area in cardiovascular surgery. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has become widely accepted as a major option in the treatment of thoracic aortic diseases, particularly for emergency patients such as those with a ruptured dissection [1,2]. We report a case with type B aortic dissection that...

conclusions with the increase in interventional procedures in cardiology, iatrogenic pathology of the aorta is seen more frequently, and every cardiologist should know how to diagnose and treat this group of diseases. evidence acquisition our search strategy involved an investigation in the pubmed database for every available article in peer reviewed journals between 1975 and 2015, for subjects...

THE AORTA is a single structure and serves to conduct oxygenated blood at systemic pressure all regions of the body. The principles aortic interventions (endo- or extravascular) should, therefore, not differ according which term medical school study in they fall, pathology need be compartmentalized for its different sections, by specialties. Equally, anesthesia surgery divided into cardiac thor...