Repair of Type A Dissection in a Jehovah's Witness With Prior Cardiac Operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-290

  DeAnda, Abe ^a   Volman, Regina ^b   Spiess, Bruce D ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; APROTININ; ERYTHROPOIETIN; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; MINOXIDIL; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57649227398     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.072     Document Type: Article

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