Elephant trunk procedure: Newer indications and uses

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Svensson, Lars G ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^b   Blackstone, Eugene H ^b   Alster, Joan M ^b   McCarthy, Patrick M ^b   Greenberg, Roy K ^b   Sabik, Joseph F ^b   D'Agostino, Richard S ^b   Lytle, Bruce W ^b   Cosgrove, Delos M ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY GRAFT; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOSAFETY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 3042633012     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.098     Document Type: Article

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