Surgical therapy of prosthetic infections of the thoracic aorta. Conservative approach;La terapia chirurgica delle infezioni protesiche dell' aorta toracica. Approccio conservativo

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Spirito, R ^a   Parolari, A ^a   Dainese, L ^a   Fusari, M ^a   Agrifoglio, M ^a   Alamanni, F ^a   Antona, C ^a   Cavoretto, D ^a   Repossini, A ^a   Biglioli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prosthesic grafts; Prosthesis, infection; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031086322     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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