Treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms using different surgical techniques: A single-centre experience with 548 patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Kallenbach, Klaus ^a   Kojic, Dubravka ^a   Oezsoez, Merve ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Sandrio, Stany ^a   Arif, Rawa ^a   Beller, Carsten J ^a   Weymann, Alexander ^a   Karck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Aorta; Cardiovascular diseases; Surgery; Valves

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA ANEURYSM; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANEURYSMS; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; SURGERY; VALVES;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880679975     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs661     Document Type: Article

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