Descending aortic diameter of 5.5 cm or greater is not an accurate predictor of acute type B aortic dissection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Trimarchi, Santi ^a   Jonker, Frederik H W ^b   Hutchison, Stuart ^c   Isselbacher, Eric M ^d   Pape, Linda A ^e   Patel, Himanshu J ^f   Froehlich, James B ^f   Muhs, Bart E ^b   Rampoldi, Vincenzo ^a   Grassi, Viviana ^a   Evangelista, Arturo ^g   Meinhardt, Gabriel ^h   Beckman, Joshua ⁱ   Myrmel, Truls ^j   Pyeritz, Reed E ^k   Hirsch, Alan T ^l   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^m   Nienaber, Christoph A ⁿ   Eagle, Kim A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h Robert Bosh Krakenhaus   (Germany)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l Minneapolis Heart Institute   (United States)

^m MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80051798012     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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