The elephant trunk operation in complex aortic disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 427-431

  Borst, Hans G ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA OCCLUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032842979     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199909000-00011     Document Type: Short Survey

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