Should the "elephant trunk" be skeletonized? Total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Liu, Zhi Gang ^a   Sun, Li Zhong ^a   Chang, Qian ^a   Zhu, Jun Ming ^a   Dong, Chao ^a   Yu, Chun Tao ^a   Liu, Yong Min ^a   Zhang, Hai Tao ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON IMPLANT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 30044437238     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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