Dilation of the thoracic aorta: Medical and surgical management

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1345-1352

  Nataf, Patrick ^a   Lansac, Emmanuel ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 33748084703     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.074781     Document Type: Article

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