Indications for the Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 845-867

  Elefteriades, John A ^a   Botta Jr , Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic; Dissection; Rupture; Tamponade; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; RAPAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; RISK; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70349332882     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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