Management of Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection
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type b aortic dissection: management updates
acute aortic dissection (aad) is the most frequent catastrophic event of the aorta; it occurs nearly three times as frequently as the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm . sixty percent of dissection cases are classified as proximal or type a and 40% as distal or type b, according to the stanford classification. the most frequent causes of death in acute type b dissection are aortic rupture an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hearts
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2673-3846
DOI: 10.3390/hearts1010004