Total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation: A new standard therapy for type a dissection involving repair of the aortic arch?

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 971-978

  Sun, Lizhong ^a,c   Qi, Ruidong ^b   Zhu, Junming ^a,c   Liu, Yongmin ^a,c   Zheng, Jun ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Tianjin Chest Hospital   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aortic dissection; aortic surgery; stented elephant trunk procedure; total arch replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STENT; STENTED ELEPHANT TRUNK; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952736798     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.015081     Document Type: Article

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