Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression after Acute Type B Aortic Dissection.

Background: Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) is an acute cardiovascular emergency but also a condition warranting life-long surveillance. The long-term consequences on physical and mental well-being are largely unknown. The primary aim was to analyze self-reported Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic TBAD.

Long Term Outcomes of Endovascular Repair for Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury: A Twenty Year Multicentre Follow Up Study.

Objective: This retrospective, multicentre, observational study analysed patients who underwent endovascular repair for blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) at four tertiary trauma referral centres over twenty years. It aimed to determine early and long term survival, to analyse aortic and device related complications, and to assess the re-intervention rate after endovascular repair for BTAI.

Methods: All patients treated from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2021 were identified using local hospital registries and two national registries: the Swedish vascular registry (Swedvasc) and Swedish trauma registry (SweTrau).

Cooperative binding of bivalent ligands yields new insights into the guanidine-II riboswitch.

Riboswitches are involved in regulating the gene expression in bacteria. They are located within the untranslated regions of bacterial messenger RNA and function as switches by adjusting their shape, depending on the presence or absence of specific ligands. To decipher the fundamental aspects of bacterial gene control, it is therefore important to understand the mechanisms that underlie these conformational switches.

Acute Symptomatic Isolated Abdominal Aortic Dissection - Clinical Characteristics, Outcome, and Sex Differences.

Background: Acute isolated abdominal aortic dissection (IAAD) is a rare condition and treatment recommendations are lacking. Most previous studies included both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. The aims were to determine the proportion of IAAD among patients with acute type B aortic dissection as well as to describe patient characteristics, radiological findings, and frequency of early and late complications and to explore sex differences.

Incidence, presentation and outcome of acute aortic dissection: results from a population-based study.

Objectives: To describe the incidence of acute aortic dissection in a clearly defined population, to assess onset symptoms and admission biochemical marker levels and to analyse variables potentially associated to mortality.

Methods: Medical records and CT angiograms of all patients hospitalised for acute aortic dissection in the Stockholm County during the 5-year period 2012-2016 were reviewed. The patients were followed until date of death or until 31 December 2020.