Evaluation of the intraoperative specimens of the thoracic and abdominal aorta

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Juraszek, Andrzej ^a   Bayer, Günther ^a   Dziodzio, Tomasz ^a   Kral, Artur ^a   Laufer, Günther ^a   Ehrlich, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876687333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-110     Document Type: Article

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