Surgery of the thoracic aorta

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 1876-1888

  Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a,b,c   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031005857     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199706263362606     Document Type: Review

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