Open surgery for thoracic aortic disease

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 825-826

  Safi, H J ^b   Taylor, Peter R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0041666576     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.8.825     Document Type: Editorial

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