Aortic Dissection Maps: Comprehensive Visualization of Aortic Dissections for Risk Assessment

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• Publication Type: Journal Paper with Conference Talk
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Visualization Group
• Date: September 2016
• Journal: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (2016)
• Lecturer: Stefan Bruckner

Abstract

Aortic dissection is a life threatening condition of the aorta, characterized by separation of its wall layers into a true and false lumen. A subset of patients require immediate surgical or endovascular repair. All survivors of the acute phase need long-term surveillance with imaging to monitor chronic degeneration and dilatation of the false lumen and prevent late adverse events such as rupture, or malperfusion. We introduce four novel plots displaying features of aortic dissections known or presumed to be associated with risk of future adverse events: Aortic diameter, the blood supply (outflow) to the aortic branches from the true and false lumen, the previous treatment, and an estimate of adverse event-free probabilities in one, two and 5 years. Aortic dissection maps, the composite visualization of these plots, provide a baseline for visual comparison of the complex features and associated risk of aortic dissection. These maps may lead to more individualized monitoring and improved, patient-centric treatment planning in the future.

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@article{Mistelbauer_Gabriel_2016,
  title =      "Aortic Dissection Maps: Comprehensive Visualization of
               Aortic Dissections for Risk Assessment",
  author =     "Gabriel Mistelbauer and Johanna Schmidt and A.M.  Sailer and
               Kathrin B\"{a}umler and Shannon Walters and Dominik
               Fleischmann",
  year =       "2016",
  abstract =   "Aortic dissection is a life threatening condition of the
               aorta, characterized by separation of its wall layers into a
               true and false lumen. A subset of patients require immediate
               surgical or endovascular repair. All survivors of the acute
               phase need long-term surveillance with imaging to monitor
               chronic degeneration and dilatation of the false lumen and
               prevent late adverse events such as rupture, or
               malperfusion. We introduce four novel plots displaying
               features of aortic dissections known or presumed to be
               associated with risk of future adverse events: Aortic
               diameter, the blood supply (outflow) to the aortic branches
               from the true and false lumen, the previous treatment, and
               an estimate of adverse event-free probabilities in one, two
               and 5 years. Aortic dissection maps, the composite
               visualization of these plots, provide a baseline for visual
               comparison of the complex features and associated risk of
               aortic dissection. These maps may lead to more
               individualized monitoring and improved, patient-centric
               treatment planning in the future.",
  month =      sep,
  journal =    "Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and
               Medicine (2016)",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2016/Mistelbauer_Gabriel_2016/",
}