Fate of the unoperated ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm-patient selection and the importance of the denominator

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 3600 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611, USA.
• ² Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611, USA.
• ³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.