Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: Increasing prevalence and improved outcomes reported in a nationwide population-based study of more than 14 000 cases from 1987 to 2002

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2611-2618

  Olsson, Christian ^a   Thelin, Stefan ^a   Ståhle, Elisabeth ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^b   Granath, Fredrik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Dissection; Epidemiology; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845688812     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.630400     Document Type: Article

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