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Immunohistochemical expression of iNOS and matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in aortic aneurysms

2007

Aortic aneurysms (AA) is a degenerative vascular disease characterized by localized dilatation of the aortic wall as a result of altered matrix composition (elastin and collagen degradation). Howewer the pathogenesis of the changes is elusive and unclear. Some experimental evidences suggest that iNOS (who synthesize a large amount of NO in inflammatory processes) and the metalloproteinases (MMP) are implicated in the pathogenesis of AA but the relationship between NO and MMP to aneurismal disease is currently unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the immunohistochemical expression of iNOS and MMP2 and MMP9 in human aneurysmal tissues.

Influenza della Morfologia Funzionale della Valvola Aortica sull'Emodinamica di Pazienti con Aneurisma Toracico dell'Aorta Ascendente

2013

Il presente lavoro si propone di studiare le differenze emodinamiche e i carichi di parete che si sviluppano in pazienti con aneurisma toracico dell'aorta ascendente (ATAA) con differente morfologia della valvola aortica. Sono stati identificati 5 pazienti con ATAA sottoposti a scansione TC per il controllo del diametro dell'aneurisma presso l'Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione. In particolare, tre pazienti presentano valvola aortica di tipo tricuspide(TAV) mentre due valvola aortica di tipo bicuspide (BAV) generalmente associata alla formazione di ATAA. Sono state ricostruite le geometrie dei ATAA includendo anche la ricostruzione delle valvole aortich…

STUDIO NUMERICO DELL'EMODINAMICA IN PAZIENTI CON DISSECAZIONE AORTICA DI TIPO B

2013

The development of type B aortic dissection (AoD) is caused by altered haemodynamic forces exerted on false and true lumina of dissected aorta. This work aims to study haemodynamic and morphological proprieties, which influence the progression or stability of type B AoD. Computational fluid-dynamic analyses were performed on three patients with type B AoD, whose two presented an aneurysm evolution and one presented no further complication connected with dissection. Blood flow features showed that the true lumen flow was laminar and uniform while false lumen flow lost the laminar characteristic with consequent vorticity formation. The entry point zone proximal to the aortic arch showed both …

AN IN-VITRO PHANTOM STUDY ON THE THORACIC AORTIC STENT GRAFT COLLAPSE RESULTING FROM A BIRD-BEAK CONFIGURATION INTO THE AORTIC ARCH

2014

Predicting Outcome of Type B Aortic Dissection with Patent False Lumen by Computational Flow Analysis

2014

TGF-B pathway polymorphisms as markers for gender differential susceptibility to sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysm

2012

Pathophysiological implications of inflammation and genetic inflammatory factors in hypertensive and old patients affected by sporadic thoracic aorti…

2012

FATTORI ASSOCIATI ALL’AUMENTO DELLA STIFFNESS AORTICA IN PAZIENTI CON MALATTIA RENALE CRONICA

2011

Protezione midollare nella chirurgia dell'aorta

2002

CT-Angiographie versus intraarterielle DSA bei Bauchaortenaneurysmen

1996

PURPOSE To evaluate if CT angiography is able to image all features necessary for the preoperative planning of abdominal aortic aneurysms (accessory renal arteries, stenoses or occlusions of renal and iliac arteries, patency of inferior mesenteric artery). METHODS CT angiography and DSA were performed on 27 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. CT angiography was performed using a protocol that covered the abdominal aorta and the pelvic arteries with a single spiral acquisition (contrast dose: 150 ml, collimation: 5 mm, table feed: 7.5 mm/s, increment of reconstruction: 2 mm). Maximum intensity projections (MIP) and axial scans were compared with the results of intraarterial DSA. RESULT…