Preoperative pleural effusion in acute type B aortic dissections: simple, fast … but not enough

Affiliations

¹ Vascular - Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese, Italy.
² Vascular Surgery - Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua School of Medicine Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

Comment

Gabriele Piffaretti et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 24;61(4):826-827.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac079.

¹ Vascular - Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese, Italy.
² Vascular Surgery - Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua School of Medicine Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

Erratum in

Corrigendum to: 'Preoperative pleural effusion in acute type B aortic dissections: simple, fast … but not enough'.
Piffaretti G, Antonello M. Piffaretti G, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 May 2;61(5):1205. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac186. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022. PMID: 35323886 No abstract available.

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Keywords: Pleural effusion; Preoperative chest X-rays; Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair; Type B aortic dissection.

Pleural effusion: a potential surrogate marker for higher-risk patients with acute type B aortic dissections.
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