Flap suffocation: An uncommon mechanism of coronary malperfusion in acute type A dissection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1548-1550

  Massetti, Massimo ^a   Neri, Eugenio ^b   Babatasi, Gerard ^a   Le Page, Olivier ^a   Sabatier, Remi ^a   Buklas, Dimitrios ^a   Grollier, Gilles ^a   Khayat, André ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038310572     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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