Surgical treatment of DeBakey type I aortic dissection using the "elephant trunk technique"

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 713-716

  Sun, Lizhong ^a   Ren, Jie ^a   Yang, Tianyu ^a   Zhao, Xiaoqin ^a   Liu, Yongmin ^a   Wu, Xueren ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

DeBakey type I aortic dissection; Elephant trunk technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0039108016     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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