Surgery for acute type a aortic dissection: Comparison of techniques

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-312

  Niederhäuser, Urs ^a   Rüdiger, Hannes ^a   Künzli, Andreas ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^a   Schmidli, Jürg ^a   Vogt, Paul ^a   Turina, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Ascending aorta; Graft replacement; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0343526347     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00513-3     Document Type: Article

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