Type A aortic dissection in aneurysms having modelled pre-dissection maximum diameter below 45 mm: should we implement current guidelines to improve the survival benefit of prophylactic surgery?

OBJECTIVES: Current guidelines recommend prophylactic replacement of the ascending aorta at an aneurysmal diameter of >55 mm to prevent acute Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) in non-Marfan patients. Several publications have challenged this threshold, suggesting that surgery should be performed in...

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Autores principales: Tozzi, Piergiorgio, Gunga, Ziyad, Niclauss, Lars, Delay, Dominique, Roumy, Aurelian, Pfister, Raymond, Colombier, Sebastien, Patella, Francesco, Qanadli, Salah Dine, Kirsch, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Conventional Aortic Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7850065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33006606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaa351

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