Single-stage replacement of the entire thoracic aorta via transverse thoracosternotomy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 348-352

  Detterbeck, Frank C ^a,b   Hennington, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 108 Burnett Womack Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029928075     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199603000-00020     Document Type: Article

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