Should a Patient With Acute Aortic Dissection Type A Go to the Intensive Care Unit or Operating Room?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1069-

  Khaladj, Nawid ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Hagl, Christian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 34548021428     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.067     Document Type: Letter

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