Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: A study of growth rates and complications

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1922-1926

  Coady, M A ^a   Rizzo, J A ^a   Hammond, G L ^a   Kopf, G S ^a   Elefteriades, J A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DESCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0033000603     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00431-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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