Extent of Thoracic Aortic Atheroma Burden and Long-Term Mortality After Cardiothoracic Surgery
Author(s) -
Vikram Kurra,
Michael L. Lieber,
Srikanth Sola,
Vidyasagar Kalahasti,
Donald Hammer,
Stephen Gimple,
Scott D. Flamm,
Michael A. Bolen,
Sandra S. Halliburton,
Tomislav Mihaljević,
Milind Y. Desai,
Paul Schoenhagen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.08.006
Subject(s) - medicine , atheroma , thoracic aorta , cardiology , hazard ratio , cardiothoracic surgery , aorta , confidence interval , radiology , surgery , aortic arch
We hypothesized that the extent of aortic atheroma of the entire thoracic aorta, determined by pre-operative multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography (MDCTA), is associated with long-term mortality following nonaortic cardiothoracic surgery.
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