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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Patients’ Diagnosis, Treatments, And Outcomes: The New York Experience, Ashutosh Yaligar, Annet Kuruvilla, Joshua Helali, Junying Wang, Mohammad Noubani, Sohaib Agha, Daniel Wolbrom, Jie Yang, Jonathan Price, Thomas Bilfinger, Henry Tannous, Annie-Laurie Shroyer, Allison Mclarty
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Patients’ Diagnosis, Treatments, And Outcomes: The New York Experience, Ashutosh Yaligar, Annet Kuruvilla, Joshua Helali, Junying Wang, Mohammad Noubani, Sohaib Agha, Daniel Wolbrom, Jie Yang, Jonathan Price, Thomas Bilfinger, Henry Tannous, Annie-Laurie Shroyer, Allison Mclarty
Department of Surgery Faculty Publications
IMPORTANCE: Traditionally, thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) were diagnosed upon complications arising or post-mortem examination. Following 2014, asymptomatic new TAA diagnoses noticeably rose at increasing rates. In parallel, reductions in the rates of urgent/emergent TAA-related treatments and adverse risk-adjusted short-term outcomes were observed.
OBJECTIVES: For New York State adult residents, the trends from 2005 to 2018 in new thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) diagnoses, surgical treatments, percutaneous treatments, and risk-adjusted outcomes were examined.
DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study documented the quality of TAA care provided to New York adult residents.
SETTING: Using the 2005 to 2018 New York Statewide Planning and …