Surgical repair and stent positioning for type A acute aortic dissection: A step forward?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1761-1763

  Saccani, Stefano ^a   Busi, Marzio ^a   Fragnito, Claudio ^a   Agostinelli, Andrea ^a,b   Borrello, Bruno ^a   Nicolini, Francesco ^a   Gherli, Tiziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144419333     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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