Impact of aortic dimensions and pulse pressure on late aneurysm formation in operated type A aortic dissection. A magnetic resonance imaging study

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-640

  Almeida, Aana G ^a   Nobre, Ângelo L ^a   Pereira, Ricardo A ^a   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^b   Tavares, Clara ^b   Cravino, João ^a   Lopes, Mário G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; Cardiovascular surgery; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549116838     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9296-2     Document Type: Article

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