Contemporary Results for Proximal Aortic Replacement in North America

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1156-1162

  Williams, Judson B ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Zhao, Yue ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Andersen, Nicholas D ^b   Miller, D Craig ^c   Chen, Edward P ^d   Hughes, G Chad ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm and dissection; aortic disease; aortic surgery outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871863048     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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