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Utility of the Penn Classification in Predicting Outcomes of Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissect...

Utility of the Penn Classification in Predicting Outcomes of Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissect...

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Utility of the Penn Classification in Predicting Outcomes of Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

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Utility of the Penn Classification in Predicting Outcomes of Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

The American journal of cardiology, 2014-02, Vol.113 (4), p.724-730

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

The Penn classification, a risk assessment system for acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD), is based on preoperative ischemic conditions. We investigated whether Penn classes predict outcomes after surgery for AAAD. Three hundred fifty-one patients with DeBakey type I AAAD treated surgically, January 1997 to January 2011, were divided into 4 group...

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Utility of the Penn Classification in Predicting Outcomes of Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1494306398

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1494306398

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ISSN

0002-9149

E-ISSN

1879-1913

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.11.017

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