Nature

Ambulatory blood pressure, target organ damage and aortic root size in never-treated essential hypertensive patients

The relationship between ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), target organ damage (TOD) and aortic root (AR) size in human hypertension has not been fully explored to date. We investigated the ...
Nature

Sex-specific hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic determinants of aortic root size in hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy

Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is a major predictor of AoR dilatation in hypertensive subjects, independent of age, body size and gender. 6, 7 This observation argues against the notion that ...
Medscape

Patients With Marfan Syndrome With Aortic Root >3 cm May Benefit From Prophylactic Surgery

April 12, 2005 -- Patients with Marfan syndrome with an aortic root diameter of more than 3 cm should be considered for prophylactic surgery, according to the results of a Markov decision analysis ...
MedPage Today

Doubling Up on Heart Drugs May Delay Aortic Damage From Marfan Syndrome

Randomization to an ARB approximately halved the annual rate of increase in the aortic root Z score compared with controls (mean 0.07 vs 0.13, P=0.012) over a median 3 years of follow-up, reported ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) using mesh to prevent aortic root expansion and aortic dissection in people with Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissues. One effect of it is that the wall of the aorta can weaken and progressively widen. The wall can tear (dissection) and possibly rupture, ...
TCTMD

TAVR-Associated Aortic Root Rupture Hazardous but Predictable

Aortic root rupture that occurs during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using balloon-expandable prostheses carries a heightened risk of in-hospital adverse events but can be predicted by ...