Long-term mortality prediction after operations for type A ascending aortic dissection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There are few long-term mortality prediction studies after acute aortic dissection (AAD) Type A and none were performed using new models such as neural networks (NN) or support vector machines (SVM) which may show a higher discrimina...

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Main Authors: Cassese Mauro, Trigilia Fausto, Totaro Marco, Sciangula Alfonso, Puddu Paolo E, Macrina Francesco, Toscano Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/42