Treatment of type B aortic dissection: Endoluminal repair or conventional medical therapy?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 826-830

  Dialetto, Giovanni ^a,b   Covino, Franco E ^a   Scognamiglio, Giancarlo ^a   Manduca, Sabrina ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Giannolo, Bruno ^a   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Descending aorta; Endovascular stent graft; Hypotensive therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA THROMBOSIS; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17844365025     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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