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Volume-Outcome Relationships in Surgical and Endovascular Repair of Aortic Dissection

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.047

Author(s)

Alexander A. Brescia, Himanshu J. Patel, Donald S. Likosky, Tessa M.F. Watt, Xiaoting Wu, Raymond J. Strobel, Karen M. Kim, Shinichi Fukuhara, Bo Yang, G. Michael Deeb, Michael P. Thompson

Higher case volumes (>10 annually) were associated with decreased mortality for surgical treatment of aortic dissection. This relationship was not evident for thoracic endovascular aortic repair.