Current indications for elective surgical treatment of dilated ascending aorta: A new formula

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1528-1530

  Codecasa, Riccardo ^b   Mariani, Massimo A ^a   D'Alfonso, Alessandro ^b   Nardi, Carmela ^b   Grandjean, Jan G ^b  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0037635020     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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