EACTS/ESCVS best practice guidelines for reporting treatment results in the thoracic aorta

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 927-930

  Turina, Marko Ivan ^a   Shennib, Hani ^b   Dunning, Joel ^c   Cheng, Davy ^d   Martin, Janet ^d   Muneretto, Claudio ^e   Schueler, Stephan ^f   von Segesser, Ludwig ^g   Sergeant, Paul T ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early and late mortality; Guidelines; Hybrid procedure; Reinterventions; Thoracic aorta; Thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOSIS;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349187755     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.10.056     Document Type: Editorial

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