The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 860-867.e3 , October 2008

Reoperative aortic root and transverse arch procedures: A comparison with contemporaneous primary operations

  • Christian D. Etz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Christian D. Etz, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, One Gustave L. Levy Place, PO Box: 1028, New York, NY 10029.
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  • Konstadinos A. Plestis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Tobias M. Homann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Carol A. Bodian, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Gabriele Di Luozzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • David Spielvogel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Randall B. Griepp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

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 Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29–May 3, 2006.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01061-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.071

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 860-867.e3 , October 2008

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