Acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in the current era

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 685-692

  Mehta, Rajendra H ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Nienaber, Christoph A ^d   Myrmel, Truls ^e   Cooper, Jeanna V ^a   Smith, Dean E ^a   Armstrong, William F ^a   Isselbacher, Eric M ^f   Pape, Linda A ^g   Eagle, Kim A ^a   Gilon, Dan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037151674     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02005-3     Document Type: Article

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