Challenging the threshold for prophylactic surgery in aneurysms of the ascending aorta

Susanna Grego¹, Stefanos Demertzis^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.

Comment

Susanna Grego et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 14;60(1):202.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa448.

Susanna Grego¹, Stefanos Demertzis^{2

3}

¹ Unit of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute aortic dissection; Ascending aorta replacement; Ascending aortic aneurysm; Prevention.

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Reply to Greco and Demertzis.
Tozzi P. Tozzi P. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul 14;60(1):202-203. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa449. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 33280044 No abstract available.

Type A aortic dissection in aneurysms having modelled pre-dissection maximum diameter below 45 mm: should we implement current guidelines to improve the survival benefit of prophylactic surgery?
Tozzi P, Gunga Z, Niclauss L, Delay D, Roumy A, Pfister R, Colombier S, Patella F, Qanadli SD, Kirsch M. Tozzi P, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jan 29;59(2):473-478. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa351. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 33006606 Free PMC article.