Large Area of the False Lumen Favors Secondary Dilatation of the Aorta After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection - Concepedia

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Large Area of the False Lumen Favors Secondary Dilatation of the Aorta After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

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2005

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Franz Immer, Eva Krähenbühl, Urs Hagen, Mario Stalder, Pascal Berdat, Friedrich Eckstein, Jürg Schmidli, Thierry Carrel

Abstract

A large false lumen, with an area of the true lumen <30% 6 months after surgery, is the strongest predictor for secondary dilatation of the diseased downstream aorta.

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