Decision-making in type-B dissection: Current evidence and future perspectives

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-667

  Gonçalves, F Bastos ^a,b   Metz, R ^a   Hendriks, J M ^a   Rouwet, E V ^a   Muhs, B E ^c   Poldermans, D ^a   Verhagen, H J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic diseases; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; Thoracic; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STENT; TYPE B AORTA DISSECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650745349     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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