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Surgical management of aortic root in type A acute aortic dissection: a propensity-score analysis

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

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Source

Source Name: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/2/223.abstract

Author(s)

Sebastiano Castrovinci, Davide Pacini, Luca Di Marco, Paolo Berretta, Mariano Cefarelli, Giacomo Murana, Jacopo Alfonsi, Antonio Pantaleo, Alessandro Leone, Marco Di Eusanio, and Roberto Di Bartolomeo

The propensity-score analysis compares minimized extent of repair with root replacement (RR). Results for mortality are similar; however, RR seems to be associated with fewer interventions.