Reduced mortality and morbidity for ascending aortic aneurysm resection regardless of cause

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Cohn, Lawrence H ^a,b   Rizzo, Robert J ^a,b   Adams, David H ^a,b   Aranki, Sary F ^a,b   Couper, Gregory S ^a,b   Beckel, Nicole ^a,b   Collins Jr , John J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; CARDIOPLEGIA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030217907     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00411-0     Document Type: Article

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