Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment

Three patients developed severe ascending aortic aneurysm requiring surgical resection after heart transplantation. In all 3 cases, the donor aorta of the transplant remained normal in caliber, despite the development of a large aneurysm in the native upper ascending aorta. The aneurysmal disease di...

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Autores principales: Anis, Osama, Kopf, Gary S., Ziganshin, Bulat A., Zafar, Mohammad A., Tranquilli, Maryann, Sieller, Richard, Elefteriades, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34766019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.010
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Kopf, Gary S.
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Zafar, Mohammad A.
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description Three patients developed severe ascending aortic aneurysm requiring surgical resection after heart transplantation. In all 3 cases, the donor aorta of the transplant remained normal in caliber, despite the development of a large aneurysm in the native upper ascending aorta. The aneurysmal disease did not cross the suture line. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-85717772021-11-10 Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment Anis, Osama Kopf, Gary S. Ziganshin, Bulat A. Zafar, Mohammad A. Tranquilli, Maryann Sieller, Richard Elefteriades, John A. JACC Case Rep Case Report Three patients developed severe ascending aortic aneurysm requiring surgical resection after heart transplantation. In all 3 cases, the donor aorta of the transplant remained normal in caliber, despite the development of a large aneurysm in the native upper ascending aorta. The aneurysmal disease did not cross the suture line. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2021-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8571777/ /pubmed/34766019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.010 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Tranquilli, Maryann
Sieller, Richard
Elefteriades, John A.
Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title_full Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title_fullStr Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title_full_unstemmed Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title_short Ascending Aneurysms in Heart Transplant Patients: A Rare Opportunity to Assess Heredity Versus Biological Environment
title_sort ascending aneurysms in heart transplant patients: a rare opportunity to assess heredity versus biological environment
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34766019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.07.010
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