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Are dilated ascending aortas of Chinese patients more likely to dissect?

Author(s) -

Wenjian Jiang,

Jihong Liu,

Lu Dai,

Yang Liu,

Zining Wu,

Hongjia Zhang

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2223-3660

pISSN - 2223-3652

DOI - 10.21037/cdt-20-313

Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , ascending aorta , dissection (medical) , cardiology , surgery , marfan syndrome , aorta

Ascending aortic aneurysm is a disease requiring surgical intervention. However, the timing of operation is still controversial. The purpose of this study is to compare the ascending aortic diameter and postoperative outcomes in hospital between patients with simple ascending aortic dissection and patients with simple ascending aortic dilation in China, and to investigate the accuracy of the timing of operation determined by ascending aortic diameter alone.

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