Dissection of the ascending aorta: A late complication of coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1834-1835

  Yaku, Hitoshi ^a   Fermanis, Gary G ^a   Macauley, R John ^a   Horton, David A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030551049     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00555-3     Document Type: Article

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