Quick, simple clamping technique in descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1038-1043

  Biglioli, Paolo ^a,b   Spirito, Rita ^a,b   Porqueddu, Massimo ^a,b   Agrifoglio, Marco ^a,b   Pompilio, Giulio ^a,b   Parolari, Alessandro ^a,b   Dainese, Luca ^a,b   Sisillo, Erminio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0032913006     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00146-0     Document Type: Article

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