Trends in repair of intact and ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in the United States: A population-based analysis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1855-1860

  Kilic, Arman ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Black, James H ^a   Whitman, Glenn J R ^a   Yuh, David D ^b   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Conte, John V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTACT DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RUPTURED DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901238944     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.032     Document Type: Article

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