A Protocol for Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Atherosclerosis in Cardiac Surgery Patients

In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, use of perioperative screening for aortic atherosclerosis with modified TEE (A-View method) was associated with lower postoperative mortality, but not stroke, as compared to patients operated on without such screening. At the time of clinical implementation an...

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Main Authors: Wouter W. Jansen Klomp, George J. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma, Arnoud W. J. Van ’t Hof, Jan G. Grandjean, Arno P. Nierich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1874395