Indications for aortic replacement

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Elefteriades, John A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA RUPTURE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; NOMOGRAM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78549291423     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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