Late complications after surgical exclusion of the thoracic aorta
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Late complications after surgical exclusion of the thoracic aorta.
Two patients who underwent surgical exclusion of the thoracic aorta for chronic dissecting aneurysms of the descending aorta died 4 and 8 years after surgery due to complications in part related to the operative technique. One patient developed pseudoaneurysm of the proximal aortic stump with fatal exsanguination through an aortapulmonary fistula. The other patient developed progressive dilatat...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(96)80430-1