Is coma an absolute contraindication for emergency central aortic operation?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 749-750

  Fujii, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

26

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 6344282677     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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