Ascending and arch aorta pathology, natural history, and treatment

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-195

  Patel, Himanshu J ^b   Deeb, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Section of Cardiac Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Arch of the aorta; Ascending aorta; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; PROPRANOLOL;

ANEURYSM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; DEGENERATIVE ANEURYSM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47649101368     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.690933     Document Type: Review

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