Might type A acute dissection repair with the addition of a frozen elephant trunk improve long-term survival compared to standard repair?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-102

  Murzi, Michele ^a,b   Tiwari, Kaushal K ^a   Farneti, Pier Andrea ^a   Glauber, Mattia ^a  

^a Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery   (Italy)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic dissections; Endovascular procedure

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETREATMENT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPE A ACUTE DISSECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954559076     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.235135     Document Type: Article

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