Publications STAR

Recent publications from the Stockholm Aneurysm Research Group, STAR

Screening Detected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Synchronous Cancer in Men.
Axelsson A, Siika A, Talvitie M, Linné A, Sakalihasan N, Busch A, Hultgren R
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Dec;():

Considerations with respect to elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair in older people.
Biemond MJ, Paping JHM, Bulder RMA, Hultgren R, Mooijaart SP, Hamming JF, Lindeman JH
Ann Vasc Surg 2025 Dec;():

Sex Specific Analysis of Outcomes after Fenestrated Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Population Based Swedvasc Study.
Talvitie M, Hultgren R, Lundberg G, Dias N, Jonsson M
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Nov;():

Implication of Some Modelling Assumptions on Biomechanical Factors of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
Gasser TC, Roy J, Hyhlik-Duerr A
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Nov;():

Impact of Accessory Renal Arteries on Type II Endoleak-Related Complications After Endovascular Treatment of Complex Aortic Aneurysms.
Issa N, Siika A, Roy J, Lundberg G, Jonsson M
J Endovasc Ther 2025 Nov;():15266028251384223

Micromechanical heterogeneity in abdominal aortic aneurysms is associated with rupture risk.
Hossack M, Bjällmark A, Maerivoet A, Finney C, Gasser TC, Field M, Manton-Roseblade E, Fletcher A, Fisher R, Yasmin , Wilkinson IB, Torella F, Madine J, Akhtar R
Acta Biomater 2025 Dec;208():362-374

Popliteal Artery Aneurysm Morphology in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Invasive Treatment.
Jergovic I, Cervin A, Nordanstig J, Nilsson O, Roy J, Hultgren R
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Oct;():

Contemporary randomized controlled trials in uncomplicated type B aortic dissection: a comparative methodological analysis.
Rahman T, Bicknell CD, Mussa FF, Björkman P, 
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2025 Oct;66(5):405-415

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Women: Wake up, We Are Late!
Nana P, Hultgren R
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Sep;():

Paclitaxel-coated versus uncoated devices for infrainguinal endovascular revascularisation in patients with intermittent claudication (SWEDEPAD 2): a multicentre, participant-masked, registry-based, randomised controlled trial.
Nordanstig J, James S, Andersson M, Andersson M, Delle M, Engström J, Fransson T, Gillgren P, Hilbertson A, Hörer TM, Jacobsson E, Kragsterman B, Lindbäck J, Lindgren H, Ludwigs K, Mellander S, Nelzén O, Olin R, Sigvant B, Skoog P, Starck J, Tegler G, Thorbjørnsen K, Truedson M, Wahlgren CM, Wallinder J, Öjersjö A, Falkenberg M, 
Lancet 2025 Sep;406(10508):1115-1127

Decreasing aortic diameter and decreasing prevalence of infrarenal aortic aneurysms in a population-based screening programme.
Siika A, Axelsson A, Fattahi N, Roy J, Öhman D, Linné A, Hultgren R
Br J Surg 2025 Aug;112(8):

Tricuspid Aortic Valve Regurgitation Associates With Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Through Endothelial Activation and Lipoprotein Infiltration.
Freiholtz D, Reyes-Goya C, Lång K, Bergman O, Olsson C, Granbom Koski M, Dismorr M, Österholm C, Caidahl K, Franco-Cereceda A, Eriksson P, Gisterå A, Björck HM
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2025 Sep;45(9):1636-1647

Toward the "slope of enlightenment": The role of adiposity in abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Braet DJ, Liljeqvist ML
JVS Vasc Sci 2025 ;6():100289

Data Driven Models Merging Geometric, Biomechanical, and Clinical Data to Assess the Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
Alloisio M, Siika A, Roy J, Zerwes S, Hyhlik-Dürr A, Gasser TC
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Nov;70(5):591-600

MicroRNA-15a-5p mediates abdominal aortic aneurysm progression and serves as a potential diagnostic and prognostic circulating biomarker.
Winski G, Chernogubova E, Busch A, Eken SM, Jin H, Lindquist Liljeqvist M, Khan T, Bäcklund A, Paloschi V, Roy J, Hultgren R, Brostjan C, de Borst GJ, Sluijter JPG, Sachs N, Eckstein HH, Boon RA, Spin JM, Tsao PS, Asselbergs FW, Maegdefessel L
Commun Med (Lond) 2025 Jun;5(1):218

Aortic valve phenotype and distal aortic outcome after ascending aortic surgery.
Granath C, Dismorr M, Björck HM, Carlestål E, Olsson C, Bredin F
Scand Cardiovasc J 2025 Dec;59(1):2513874

Effect of Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valve Morphology on the Fate of the Ascending Aorta.
Koski MG, Dismorr M, Björck HM, Olsson C, Bredin F
J Am Heart Assoc 2025 Apr;14(8):e038013

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Model for Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Shrinkage After Endovascular Repair ( the ART in EVAR study).
van Rijswijk RE, Bogdanovic M, Roy J, Yeung KK, Zeebregts CJ, Geelkerken RH, Groot Jebbink E, Wolterink JM, Reijnen MMPJ
J Endovasc Ther 2025 Jan;():15266028251314359

One-year results of an eHealth intervention on anxiety in patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: randomized clinical trial.
Nilsson O, Stenman M, Letterstål A, Hultgren R
BJS Open 2024 Dec;9(1):

Fracture properties of porcine versus human thoracic aortas from tricuspid/bicuspid aortic valve patients via symmetry-constraint Compact Tension testing.
Alloisio M, Siika A, Freiholtz D, Franco-Cereceda A, Roy J, Björck HM, Gasser TC
Sci Rep 2025 Jan;15(1):667

Kidney Function, Kidney Function Decline, and the Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: The Stockholm CREAtinine Measurements (SCREAM) Project.
Tanaka S, Bosi A, Fu EL, Iseki K, Kitazono T, Hultgren R, Faucon AL, Carrero JJ
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Apr;69(4):601-608

Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression after Acute Type B Aortic Dissection.
Torbjörnsson E, Nilsson O, Stenman M, Olsson C, Steuer J, Hultgren R, Smedberg C
Ann Vasc Surg 2025 Mar;112():157-165

Sealing Zone Failure Decreases the Long Term Durability of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair.
Sandström C, Andersson MB, Bogdanovic M, Fattahi N, Lundqvist R, Andersson M, Roy J, Hultgren R, Roos H
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2025 Feb;69(2):238-247

Anxiety and disease awareness in individuals with heredity for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Fattahi N, Nilsson O, Svensjö S, Roy J, Linné A, Hultgren R
J Med Screen 2025 Jun;32(2):67-75

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18-12-2025