Differences of patients’ characteristics in acute type A aortic dissection – surgical data from Belgian and Japanese centers-

Differences of patients’ characteristics in acute type A aortic dissection – surgical data from Belgian and Japanese centers-

Abstract Background It is well known that there are major differences between the Japanese and Western population regarding the incidence of ischemic heart disease and stroke. The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences of patients’ characteristics between Belgian and Japanese cohort with...

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Main Authors: Motohiko Goda, Tomoyuki Minami, Kiyotaka Imoto, Keiji Uchida, Munetaka Masuda, Bart Meuris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Acute aortic dissection
Epidemiology
Gender differences
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0782-x

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