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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Dianna M. Milewicz is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. The research work centers predominantly on medical and molecular biology fields, with significant attention to pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, genetics, and surgery.

The core research topics include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Congenital heart defects research

Dianna M. Milewicz has contributed to numerous publications with recent notable papers including:

  • 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines (2022) in Circulation
  • 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease (2022) in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Marfan syndrome (2021) in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes (2021) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Targeting the NLRP3 Inflammasome With Inhibitor MCC950 Prevents Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections in Mice (2020) in Journal of the American Heart Association

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Siddharth K. Prakash
  • Dongchuan Guo
  • Alana C. Cecchi
  • Callie Kwartler
  • Alan C. Braverman

Research findings are commonly published in venues such as:

  • Circulation
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Seminars in Vascular Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Dianna M. Milewicz has received recognition as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: Executive summary: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association task force on practice guidelines, american association for thoracic surgery, american college of radiology, american stroke association

    Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

  • The revised Ghent nosology for the Marfan syndrome

    Bart L Loeys;Harry C Dietz;Alan C Braverman;Bert L Callewaert

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease

    Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

  • Aneurysm Syndromes Caused by Mutations in the TGF-β Receptor

    Bart L. Loeys;Bart L. Loeys;Ulrike Schwarze;Tammy Holm;Bert L. Callewaert

  • Mutations in smooth muscle α-actin ( ACTA2 ) lead to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

    Dong Chuan Guo;Hariyadarshi Pannu;Van Tran-Fadulu;Christina L. Papke

  • Mutations in Smooth Muscle Alpha-Actin (ACTA2) Cause Coronary Artery Disease, Stroke, and Moyamoya Disease, Along with Thoracic Aortic Disease

    Dong Chuan Guo;Christina L. Papke;Van Tran-Fadulu;Ellen S. Regalado

  • Treatment of aortic disease in patients with Marfan syndrome.

    Dianna M. Milewicz;Harry C. Dietz;D. Craig Miller

  • The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

    Peter N. Robinson;E. Arteaga-Solis;C. Baldock;G. Collod-Béroud

  • An adventitial IL-6/MCP1 amplification loop accelerates macrophage-mediated vascular inflammation leading to aortic dissection in mice

    Brian C. Tieu;Chang Lee;Hong Sun;Wanda LeJeune

  • Genetic Basis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: Focus on Smooth Muscle Cell Contractile Dysfunction

    Milewicz Dm;Guo Dc;Tran-Fadulu;Lafont Al

  • Mutations in Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptor Type II Cause Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

    Hariyadarshi Pannu;Van Tran Fadulu;Jessica Chang;Andrea Lafont

  • Marfan syndrome. Long-term survival and complications after aortic aneurysm repair

    R. Finkbohner;D. Johnston;E. S. Crawford;J. Coselli

  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Rising to the Challenge From the International Bicuspid Aortic Valve Consortium (BAVCon)

    Hector I. Michelena;Siddharth K. Prakash;Alessandro Della Corte;Malenka M. Bissell

  • TGFB2 mutations cause familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections associated with mild systemic features of Marfan syndrome.

    Catherine Boileau;Dong Chuan Guo;Nadine Hanna;Ellen S. Regalado

  • Characterization of the inflammatory and apoptotic cells in the aortas of patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections.

    Rumin He;Dong Chuan Guo;Anthony L. Estrera;Hazim J. Safi

  • Genetics of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Diseases

    Amélie Pinard;Gregory T. Jones;Dianna M. Milewicz

  • Role of Mechanotransduction in Vascular Biology: Focus on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

    Jay D. Humphrey;Martin A. Schwartz;George Tellides;Dianna M. Milewicz

  • Marfan syndrome : defective synthesis, secretion, and extracellular matrix formation of fibrillin by cultured dermal fibroblasts

    D M Milewicz;R E Pyeritz;E S Crawford;P H Byers

  • Mutations in Myosin Light Chain Kinase Cause Familial Aortic Dissections

    Li Wang;Dongchuan Guo;Jiumei Cao;Limin Gong

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease: Executive Summary

    Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. LeMaire
Scott A. LeMaire Baylor College of Medicine
Joseph S. Coselli
Joseph S. Coselli Baylor College of Medicine
Kim A. Eagle
Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Reed E. Pyeritz
Reed E. Pyeritz University of Pennsylvania
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Hazim J. Safi
Hazim J. Safi The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
Catherine Boileau
Catherine Boileau Université Paris Cité
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University

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