Is old age a contraindication for surgical treatment in acute aortic dissection? A demographic study of national database registry in Taiwan

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Wu, I Hui ^a   Yu, Hsi Yu ^a   Liu, Chih Ho ^b   Chen, Yih Sharng ^a   Wang, Shoei Shun ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849092409     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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