Extended Total Arch Replacement for Type B Aortic Dissection with Ascending Aneurysm Following Healed Aortic Dissection

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-83

  Ochiai, Yoshie ^a,b   Kurisu, Kazuhiro ^a   Kajiwara, Takashi ^a   Kumeda, Hiroshi ^a   Tominaga, Ryuji ^a  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Cystic medial necrosis; Healed dissection; Total arch replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC MEDIAL NECROSIS; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 1542318250     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-004-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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