This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Dávila-Román, V. G. Articles by Barzilai, B. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Dávila-Román, V. G. Articles by Barzilai, B.

Atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta is an independent predictor of long-term neurologic events and mortality

^a Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
^b Department of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
^c Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier analysis of survival without neurologic events (A) and without all cause-mortality (B), according to severity of atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta (normal, mild, moderate, severe).