title: Seasonality in acute aortic dissection related hospitalizations and mortality in the United States: a nationwide analysis from 2004-2011.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States. Electronic address: nilaykumar83@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nilay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Ambarish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkatraman
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Neetika
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Aorta; Aortic dissection; Chronobiology phenomena; Hospitalization; Mortality; Outcomes; Seasons