Is Surgery Always Mandatory for Type A Aortic Dissection?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1658-1664

  Centofanti, Paolo ^a   Flocco, Roberto ^a   Ceresa, Fabrizio ^a   Attisani, Matteo ^a   Torre, Michele La ^a   Weltert, Luca ^a   Calafiore, Antonio Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750070327     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.065     Document Type: Article

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