Risk of adding prophylactic aorta replacement to a cardiac operation

ObjectiveThe study objective was to determine whether adding prophylactic aorta replacement increases the risk of a cardiac operation when cardiac rather than aortic disease is the primary indication for operation.MethodsPatients undergoing cardiac operations with aorta replacement (cardioaortic group), with or without circulatory arrest, were propensity matched to identify patients whose combined operation was not primarily indicated by aortic...