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Paradigm for Detecting Silent Thoracic Aneurysm Disease.
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Elefteriades John A, Ziganshin Bulat A
Abstract excerpt
Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) pose a serious detection challenge owing to their clinically silent nature. Only a small fraction of TAAs cause symptoms in patients. However, the mortality burden of this disease in the population is significant, given the high lethality of such complications as aortic rupture and dissection. Widespread screening for TAA has not been shown to be cost-effective. Therefore,...
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