Surgical Management of the Atherosclerotic Ascending Aorta: Is Endoaortic Balloon Occlusion Safe?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1709-1714

  Zingone, Bartolo ^a   Gatti, Giuseppe ^a   Rauber, Elisabetta ^a   Pappalardo, Aniello ^a   Benussi, Bernardo ^a   Dreas, Lorella ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750086649     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.113     Document Type: Article

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