Abstract Background Acute aortic Stanford type A dissection remains a frequent and life-
limiting event for patients with Marfan syndrome. Outcome results in this high-risk group are …

Background—The aim of the current study was to investigate incidence and causes of
surgical interventions in primarily nontreated aortic segments after previous aortic repair in …

Background—Data on outcomes after Stanford type A aortic dissection in patients with
Marfan syndrome are limited. We investigated the primary surgery and long-term results in …

Abstract Between January 1996 and May 2017, the International Registry on Acute Aortic
Dissections has collected information on a total of 6,424 consecutive patients with acute …

Introduction Acute aortic dissection is the most common cause of death in patients with
Marfan syndrome and untreated aortic root enlargement. Emergency surgery for …

One of the pitfalls of this study is the lack of more specific data on the size of the aortic root at
the time of surgical repair, raising the question of whether leaving any aortic root tissue …

We reviewed 50 patients with Marfan syndrome who underwent surgery for aortic root
pathologies comprising a root aneurysm without (n= 25; group A) and with (n= 25; group B) …

Findings in 54 patients (mean age 39 years, range 18-66 years, 25% female) were
analyzed. Of these patients, 21 had dissection of the ascending aorta (15 acute and 6 …

Aims To better characterize patients with Marfan syndrome who have survived an acute
aortic dissection and to estimate the risks of events in the descending aorta. Up until now …

Background In patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS), distal aortic dissection can necessitate
thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair in survivors of acute DeBakey type I …