Acute type A aortic dissection: Can we dramatically reduce the surgical mortality?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 701-703

  Bachet, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036190703     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03393-3     Document Type: Editorial

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