Acute Aortic Dissection: Perspectives from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD)

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Tsai, T T ^a,b   Trimarchi, S ^c   Nienaber, C A ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic dissection; follow up studies; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AUTOPSY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58549113142     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.11.032     Document Type: Review

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