The "elephant trunk" technique made easier

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Neri, Eugenio ^a   Massetti, Massimo ^b   Sani, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELATIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 3042530712     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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