Thoracic aneurysms.
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Thoracic aneurysms.
IN THE past 15 years it has become possible to treat most varieties of thoracic aneurysms by surgical excision. This is due to technical advances especially in anaesthesia, blood transfusion, the use of homografts and more recently the development of prosthetic grafts of synthetic fibre (Wesolowski, et al., 1966). Hypothermia, temporary arterial shunts, partial left heart bypass (left atrio-fem...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.43.495.61