Acute type A aortic dissection complicated by stroke: Can immediate repair be performed safely?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1404-1408

  Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Garami, Zsolt ^a   Miller, Charles C ^a   Porat, Eyal E ^a   Achouh, Paul E ^a   Dhareshwar, Jayesh ^a   Meada, Riad ^a   Azizzadeh, Ali ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751439988     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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