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“Extroverted Cuff”, a novel modification of the elephant trunk technique for distal anastomosis of ragged descending aorta

BACKGROUND: The elephant trunk technique has been applied in various situations including distal aortic dissection, entire aortic replacement, proximal aortic aneurysm, proximal aortic dissection, and Marfan’s syndrome. The elephant trunk technique remains a challenge in cardiac surgery. Here we rep...

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Autores principales: Prifti, Edvin, Veshti, Altin, Ademaj, Fadil, Baboci, Arben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27038605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0434-y