Acute type A aortic dissection: Surgical intervention for all: CON

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Elefteriades, John A ^a   Feldman, Marina ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissection surgery; Medical management; Surgical therapy; Type A aortic dissection

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGING; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952629129     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2010.02.010     Document Type: Review

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