Is treatment of acute type A aortic dissection in septuagenarians justifiable?

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-36

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

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949104816     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230801600109     Document Type: Article

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