Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: a study of growth rates and complications
Coady M, Rizzo J, Hammond G, Kopf G, Elefteriades J. Surgical intervention criteria for thoracic aortic aneurysms: a study of growth rates and complications. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1999, 67: 1922-1926. PMID: 10391339, DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00431-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmDevastating complicationAortic growth rateComplications of ruptureIncidence of dissectionTime of complicationsRisk of dissectionMultivariable regression analysisMedian sizeSurgical intervention criteriaTime of dissectionAcute dissectionElective resectionPerioperative complicationsInitial presentationSurgical interventionRisk factorsThoracic aortaAneurysm sizeComplicationsTime of ruptureYale University SchoolLower mortalityAneurysms