En este apartado se ofrece diferente contenido que es de interés para los componentes de la sección y que se va a ir actualizando. Por el momento, aquí te ofrecemos las siguientes actualizaciones:

Bibliografía relevante comentada

• Dilatación de aorta ascendente y valvulopatía aórtica
• Síndrome aórtico agudo
• Síndrome de Marfan
• Tratamiento endovascular de la patología aórtica
• Patología congénita

DILATACIÓN DE AORTA ASCENDENTE Y VALVULOPATÍA AÓRTICA

• Is aortic dilatation an atherosclerosis-related process? Clinical, laboratory, and transesophageal echocardiographic correlates of thoracic aortic dimensions in the population with implications for thoracic aortic aneurysm formation
• Agmon Y, Khandheria BK, Meissner I, Schwartz GL, Sicks JD, Fought AJ, O'Fallon WM, Wiebers DO, Tajik AJ.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003; 42 (6):1076-83.

• Aortic valve dysfunction and dilated ascending aorta. A complex and controversial association
• Cotrufo M, Agozzino L, De Feo M, Della Corte A, De Santo L, Di Benedetto G, Esposito S, Nappi G .
• Ital Heart J 2003; 4 :589-59.

• Stability of ascending aortic dilatation following aortic valve replacement
• Andrus B, O´Rourke D, Dacey L, Palac R.
• Circulation 2003; 108 ; II295-9.

• Recommendations on the management of the asymptomatic patients with valvular heart disease
• European Heart Journal 2002;23:1253-66.

• The aortic outflow and root: a tale of dynamism ans crosstalk
• Yacoub MH, Kilner PJ, Birks EJ, Misfeld M.
• Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68 :S37-43.

• Surgical treatment of the dilated ascending aorta: when and how?
• Ergin MA, Spielvogel D, Apaydin A, Lansman SL, McCullough JN, Galla JD, Griepp RB.
• Ann Thorac Surg. 1999; 67: 1834-9.

• Deformational dynamics of the aortic root. Modes and Phisiologic Determinants
• Dagum P, Green R, Nistal FJ, Daughters GT, Timek T, Foppiano L, Bolger A, Ingels N, Miller DC.
• Circulation 1999;1 00:II54-62.

• Determinants of echocardiographic aortic root size. The Framingham Heart Study
• Vasan RS, Larson MG, Levy D.
• Circulation 1995; 91 :734-40

• Repair of the aortic valve with aortic insufficiency and aortic root aneurysm
• David TE, Feindel CM, Bos J.
• J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109 :345-52 .

SÍNDROME AÓRTICO AGUDO

• Acute aortic syndrome.
• Vilacosta I, San Román JA .
• Heart 2001; 85 :365-8.

Disección Aórtica

• Gender-related differences in acute aortic dissection.
• Nienaber CA, Fattori R, Mehta RH, Richartz BM, Evangelista A, Petzsch M, Cooper JV, Januzzi JL, Ince H, Sechtem U, Bossone E, Fang J, Smith DE, Isselbacher EM, Pape LA, Eagle KA; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection.
• Circulation. 2004; 109 (24):3014-21.

• Characterizing the young patient with aortic dissection: results from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
• Januzzi JL, Isselbacher EM, Fattori R, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Fang J, Eagle KA, Mehta RH, Nienaber CA, Pape LA; International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004; 43( 4):665-9.

• Differences in clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of acute type a aortic dissection in patients with and without previous cardiac surgery.
• Collins JS, Evangelista A, Nienaber CA, Bossone E, Fang J, Cooper JV, Smith DE, O'Gara PT, Myrmel T, Gilon D, Isselbacher EM, Penn M, Pape LA, Eagle KA, Mehta RH; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
• Circulation. 2004; 110 (11 Suppl 1):II237-42.

• Comparison of aortic dissection in patients with and without Marfan's syndrome (results from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection)
• Januzzi JL, Marayati F, Mehta RH, Cooper JV, O'Gara PT, Sechtem U, Bossone E, Evangelista A, Oh JK, Nienaber CA, Eagle KA, Isselbacher EM.
• Am J Cardiol. 2004; 94 (3):400-2.

• Aortic dissection: new frontiers in diagnosis and management: Part II: therapeutic management and follow-up.
• Nienaber CA, Eagle K.
• Circulation. 2003; 108 (6):772-8.

• Aortic dissection: new frontiers in diagnosis and management: Part I: from etiology to diagnostic strategies.
• Nienaber CA, Eagle K.
• Circulation. 2003; 108 (5):628-35.

• Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute type B aortic dissection in the current era: lessons from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
• Suzuki T, Mehta RH, Ince H, Nagai R, Sakomura Y, Weber F, Sumiyoshi T, Bossone E, Trimarchi S, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Isselbacher EM, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA; International Registry of Aortic Dissection.
• Circulation. 2003; 108 Suppl 1:II312-7.

• Choice of computed tomography, transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and aortography in acute aortic dissection: International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
• Moore AG, Eagle KA, Bruckman D, Moon BS, Malouf JF, Fattori R, Evangelista A, Isselbacher EM, Suzuki T, Nienaber CA, Gilon D, Oh JK.
• Am J Cardiol. 2002; 89 (10):1235-8.

• Chronobiological patterns of acute aortic dissection.
• Mehta RH, Manfredini R, Hassan F, Sechtem U, Bossone E, Oh JK, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Portaluppi F, Penn M, Hutchison S, Nienaber CA, Isselbacher EM, Eagle KA; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Investigators.
• Circulation. 2002; 106 (9):1110-5.

• Acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in the current era.
• Mehta RH, O'Gara PT, Bossone E, Nienaber CA, Myrmel T, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Armstrong WF, Isselbacher EM, Pape LA, Eagle KA, Gilon D; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Investigators.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002; 40 (4):685-92.

• Predicting death in patients with acute type a aortic dissection.
• Mehta RH, Suzuki T, Hagan PG, Bossone E, Gilon D, Llovet A, Maroto LC, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Armstrong WF, Nienaber CA, Eagle KA; International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Investigators.
• Circulation. 2002; 105 (2):200-6.

• Transesophageal echocardiographic description of the mechanisms of aortic regurgitation in acute type A dissection: implications for aortic valve repair.
• Movsowitz HD, Levina RA, Hilgenberg AD, Isselbacher EM.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000; 36 :884-90.

Hematoma Intramural

• Aortic intramural haematoma: remarks and conclusions.
• Evangelista A.
• Heart 2004; 90: 379-80.

• Aortic intramural haematoma: current therapeutic strategy.
• Dake MD.
• Heart 2004; 90 :375-8.

• Aortic intramural haematoma: natural history and predictive factors for complications.
• Nienaber CA, Richartz BM, Rehders T, Ince H, PetzschM.
• Heart 2004; 90: 372-4.

• Diagnosis of aortic intramural haematoma.
• Song JK.
• Heart 2004; 90 :368-71.

• Aortic intramural haematoma: introduction .
• Evangelista A.
• Heart 2004; 90 :367.

• Prognostic value of clinical and morphologic findings in short-term evolution of aortic intramural haematoma. Therapeutic implications.
• Evangelista A, Dominguez R, Sebastia C, Salas A, Permanyer-Miralda G, Avegliano G, Gomez-Bosh Z, Gonzalez-Alujas T, Garcia del Castillo H, Soler-Soler J.
• Eur Heart J. 2004; 25 (1):81-7.

• Long-term follow-up of aortic intramural hematoma: predictors of outcome.
• Evangelista A, Dominguez R, Sebastia C, Salas A, Permanyer-Miralda G, Avegliano G, Elorz C, Gonzalez-Alujas T, Garcia Del Castillo H, Soler-Soler J.
• Circulation. 2003; 108 (5):583-9.

SÍNDROME DE MARFAN

• What is new in the Marfan syndrome?
• Nollen GJ, Mulder BJM.
• Int J Cardiol. 2004; 97: 103-8.

• Long-term outcome in patients with Marfan Syndrome: is aortic dissection the only cause of sudden death?
• Yetman AT, Bornemeier RA, McCrindle BW.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;4 1: 329-32.

• Revised diagnositic criteria for the Marfan Syndrome.
• De Paepe A, Devereaux RB, Dietz HC, Hennekam RCM, Pyeritz RE.
• Am J Med Genet. 1996; 62: 417-26.

• Aortic root complications in Marfan syndrome: identification of a lower risk group.
• Legget ME, Unger TA, O'Sullivan CK, Zwink TR, Bennett RL, Byers PH, Otto CM.
• Heart. 1996: 75 : 389-95.

• Family history of severe cardiovascular disease in Marfan syndrome is associated with increased aortic diameter and decreased survival.
• Silverman DI, Gray J, Roman MJ, Bridges A, Burton K, Boxer M, Devereux RB, Tsipouras P.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995;26: 1062-7.

• Progression of aortic dilatation and the benefit of long-term -adrenergic blockade in Marfan syndrome.
• Shores J, Berger KR, Murphy EA, Pyeritz RE.
• N Engl J Med. 1994;330: 1335-41.

• Prognostic significance of the pattern of aortic root dilation in the Marfan syndrome.
• Roman MJ, Rosen SE, Kramer-Fox R, Devereux RB.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 1993;22: 1470-6.

TRATAMIENTO ENDOVASCULAR DE LA PATOLOGÍA AÓRTICA

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Open versus endovascular repair.
• Lederle FA.
• N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1677-9.

• Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic diseases: combined experience from the EUROSTAR and United Kingdom Thoracic Endograft registries.
• Leurs LJ, Bell R, Degrieck Y, Thomas S, Hobo R, Lundbom J; EUROSTAR; UK Thoracic Endograft Registry Collaborators.
• J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:670-9; discusión 679-80.

• Endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair: current concepts.
• Choke E, Thompson M J.
• Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2004;45:349-66.
• Surveillance for endoleaks: How to detect all of them.
• Hiatt MD, Rubin GD.
• Semin Vasc Surg. 2004;17:268-78.

• Endovascular stent graft placement in patients with acute thoracic aortic syndromes.
• Grabenwoger M, Fleck T, Czerny M, Hutschala D, Ehrlich M, Schoder M, Lammer J, Wolner E.
• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003;23:788-93; discusión 793.

• Utility of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during endovascular stent-graft repair of acute thoracic aortic dissection.
• Gonzalez-Fajardo JA, Gutierrez V, San Roman JA, Serrador A, Arreba E, Del Rio L, Martin M, Carrera S, Vaquero C.
• Ann Vasc Surg. 2002;16:297-303.

• Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring to improve the outcome of stent-graft treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms.
• Rapezzi C, Rocchi G, Fattori R, Caldarera I, Ferlito M, Napoli G, Pierangeli A, Branzi A.
• Am J Cardiol. 2001;87:3 15-9.

PATOLOGÍA CONGÉNITA

• Risk factors for aortic complications in adults with coarctation of the aorta.
• Oliver JM, Gallego P, Gonzalez A, Aroca A, Bret M, Mesa JM.
• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004; 44 (8):1641-7.

• Should the ascending aorta be replaced more frequently in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease?
• Borger MA, Preston M, Ivanov J, Fedak PWM,, Davierwala P, Armstrong S, David TE.
• J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; 128 (5):677-83.

• Valve-sparing aortic root replacement in bicuspid aortic valves: A reasonable option?
• Aicher D, Langer F, Kissinger A, Lausberg H, Fries R, Schäfers H.
• J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; 128 (5):662-8.

• Bicuspid aortic valve and coarctation: two villains part of a diffuse problem.
• Warnes C.
• Heart 2003; 89 :965-6.

• Bicuspid aortic valve associated with aortic dilatation: a community-based study.
• Nkomo VT, Enriquez-Sarano M, Ammash NM, Melton LJ 3rd, Bailey KR, Desjardins V, Horn RA, Tajik AJ.
• Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003; 23 (2):351-6.

• Bicuspid aortic valves are associated with aortic dilatation out of proportion to coexistent valvular lesions.
• Keane MG, Wiegers SE, Plappert T, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, St John Sutton MG.
• Circulation. 2000; 102 :III35-9.