Operations on the thoracic aorta and antegrade selective cerebral perfusion: Our experience with 462 patients

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Di Eusanio, Marco ^a   Schepens, Marc ^b   Morshuis, Wim ^b   Dossche, Karl ^b   Pacini, Davide ^c   Di Marco, Luca ^c   Pierangeli, Angelo ^c   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^c  

^a GM Lancisi Hospital   (Italy)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644287050     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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