Application of the reversed elephant trunk technique during total thoracoabdominal replacement in patients with Marfan's syndrome

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-59

  Shiiya, Norihiko ^a   Yasuda, Keishu ^a   Murashita, Toshifumi ^a   Kubota, Takehiro ^a   Suto, Yukio ^a   Miyatake, Tsukasa ^a   Takigami, Kou ^a   Hatta, Eiichiro ^a   Yoshimoto, Kimihiro ^a   Matsui, Yoshiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0032435312     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01056.x     Document Type: Article

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