Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014
Mullan CW, Mori M, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Mangi AA, Elefteriades JA, Geirsson A. Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2020, 58: 583-589. PMID: 32163136, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute aortic syndromeProximal aortic surgeryAortic aneurysm surgeryAortic syndromeAneurysm surgeryAortic surgeryThoracic aortic aneurysm surgeryThoracic aneurysm surgeryNational Inpatient SampleCharacteristics of hospitalizationsEdition diagnosis codesAneurysm populationAneurysm operationsAortic proceduresCardiopulmonary bypassAcute syndromeBlack patientsCardiac operationsDiagnosis codesHospital characteristicsInpatient SampleSociodemographic disparitiesSurgical volumeRetrospective analysisCase volume