Short- and midterm results after hybrid treatment of chronic aortic dissection with the frozen elephant trunk technique

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-880

  Di Eusanio, Marco ^a   Armaro, Alessandro ^a   Di Marco, Luca ^a   Pacini, Davide ^a   Savini, Carlo ^a   Martin Suarez, Sofia ^a   Pilato, Emanuele ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dissection; Hybrid; Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052965972     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.068     Document Type: Article

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