Surgery Insight: The dilated ascending aorta - Indications for surgical intervention

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 330-339

  Davies, James E ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LOSARTAN;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOPLASTY; ASCENDING AORTA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249862886     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0885     Document Type: Review

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