2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: Executive summary: A report of the American college of cardiology foundation/American heart association task force on practice guidelines, American association for thoracic surgery, American college of radiology

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-315

  Hiratzka, Loren F ^a   Bakris, George L ^a   Beckman, Joshua A ^a   Bersin, Robert M ^a   Carr, Vincent F ^a   Casey, Donald E ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a   Hermann, Luke K ^a   Isselbacher, Eric M ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a   Milewicz, Dianna M ^a   Reich, David L ^a   Sen, Souvik ^a   Shinn, Julie A ^a   Svensson, Lars G ^a   Williams, David M ^a   Jacobs, Alice K ^a   Smith, Sidney C ^a   Anderson, Jeffery L ^a   Adams, Cynthia D ^a   Buller, Christopher E ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a   Ettinger, Steven M ^a   Guyton, Robert A ^a   Halperin, Jonathan L ^a   Hunt, Sharon A ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Kushner, Frederick G ^a   Nishimura, Rick ^a   Page, Richard L ^a   Riegel, Barbara ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Tarkington, Lynn G ^a   Yancy, Clyde W ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 2; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ASCENDING AORTA; BEHCET DISEASE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN PROTECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM HEMATOMA; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING CESSATION; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURNER SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77955160325     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181dd869b     Document Type: Review

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