Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe pure aortic regurgitation due to active aortitis
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DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29249
Abstract: Aortitis is an uncommon systemic inflammatory disease affecting the aorta and its main branches. Severe aortic regurgitation (AR) represents a fearsome complication of aortitis and is associated with an increased mortality rate. Surgical aortic valve… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; aortic regurgitation; valve implantation; aortic valve ... See more keywords
Mechanism and biomarkers in aortitis––a review
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DOI: 10.1007/s00109-019-01838-1
Abstract: Abstract Aortitis can be the manifestation of an underlying infectious or noninfectious disease process. An autoimmune cause is suggested in a large proportion of noninfectious causes. Similar to other autoimmune diseases, the pathophysiology of aortitis… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; imaging techniques; biomarkers aortitis; mechanism biomarkers ... See more keywords
Post-operative outcomes of inflammatory thoracic aortitis: a study of 41 patients from a cohort of 1119 surgical cases
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DOI: 10.1007/s10067-021-05978-z
Abstract: Aortitis is found in 2–12% of thoracic aortic aneurysm repair/replacement surgeries. Yet little is known about such patients’ post-operative outcomes or the role of post-operative corticosteroids. The study was undertaken across three tertiary referral hospitals… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; inflammatory thoracic; operative outcomes; thoracic aortic ... See more keywords
Syphilitic aortitis: chronic left coronary ostial occlusion and aortic regurgitation with aortitis
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DOI: 10.1007/s11748-020-01523-y
Abstract: Before the discovery of penicillin, tertiary syphilis was the most common cause of thoracic aneurysms, but now cardiovascular syphilis is a clinical rarity in developed countries. We report a case of 69-year-old man who presented… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; aortitis chronic; coronary ostial; left coronary ... See more keywords
Management of Salmonella typhimurium sepsis with thoracic infectious aortitis using 18F-FDG PET/CT
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0805-3
Abstract: Noninvasive imaging is crucial for diagnosing aortitis. However, increased wall thickness detected by CT is not specific because of correlation with age and vascular calcifications. Used as an in vivo biomarker, F-FDG may help reveal… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; infectious aortitis; salmonella typhimurium; typhimurium sepsis ... See more keywords
Non-typhoidal Salmonella aortitis
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-019-01344-z
Abstract: Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) spp. causes about 40% of all infective aortitis and it is characterized by high morbidity and mortality. Human infection occurs by fecal–oral transmission through ingestion of contaminated food, milk, or water (inter-human… read more here.
Keywords: salmonella aortitis; aortitis; typhoidal salmonella; salmonella ... See more keywords
Aortitis in COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01063
Abstract: Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected more than 67.9 million individuals world-wide and led to more than 15.5 million Deaths. In the initial studies from China, 88.7% of the patient were noted… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; covid; aortitis covid;
Florid aortitis following SARS-CoV-2 infection
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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa635
Abstract: A 71-year-old male developed symptoms of a dry cough, fever, diarrhoea, and dyspnoea on 15 March 2020. These resolved after 2 weeks, but an altered taste perception persisted. He later experienced extreme fatigue, poor appetite… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis following; aortitis; florid aortitis; serology ... See more keywords
Are Temporal Artery Biopsy Findings Related to PET/CT Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis?
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DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000004097
Abstract: Background Two clinical subsets of giant cell arteritis have been identified with different histological and CT findings. However, PET/CT findings have not been compared with temporal artery biopsy (TAB). Objective The aims of this study… read more here.
Keywords: presence; pet; giant cell; cell arteritis ... See more keywords
Aortitis PET Imaging in VEXAS Syndrome: A Case Report.
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DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000004506
Abstract: ABSTRACT VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-LINKED, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a complex inflammatory disease associated with somatic mutations of the ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 1 (UBA1) gene. A 75-year-old man with a medical history of… read more here.
Keywords: pet imaging; imaging vexas; syndrome case; aortitis pet ... See more keywords
Gonococcal aortitis in a patient with fever of unknown origin
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DOI: 10.1111/imj.13949
Abstract: Infectious aortitis (IA) is a rare, high-mortality condition. The differential diagnosis is challenging, as up to 50% of IA cases present with negative cultures. This article aims to describe the findings of a case study… read more here.
Keywords: aortitis; patient fever; aortitis patient; gonococcal aortitis ... See more keywords