title: Surgery of the thoracic aorta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dougenis
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed