Multidisciplinary standardized care for acute aortic dissection: Design and initial outcomes of a regional care model

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Harris, Kevin M ^a   Strauss, Craig E ^b   Duval, Sue ^a,c   Unger, Barbara T ^a   Kroshus, Timothy J ^a   Inampudi, Subbarao ^d   Cohen, Jonathan D ^e   Kapsner, Christopher ^f   Boland, Lori L ^g   Eales, Frazier ^a   Rohman, Eric ^a   Orlandi, Quirino G ^a   Flavin, Thomas F ^a   Kshettry, Vibhu R ^a   Graham, Kevin J ^a   Hirsch, Alan T ^c   Henry, Timothy D ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^c Epidemiology and Community Health ^*  (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e Northwest Anesthesia   (United States)

^f Emergency Care Consultants   (United States)

^g Allina Hospitals & Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Clinical protocol; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Follow up studies; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957876197     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.920140     Document Type: Article

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