The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1349-1357.e1 , December 2009

Surgical management and long-term outcomes for acute ascending aortic dissection

  • Louis–Mathieu Stevens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Joren C. Madsen, MD, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Eric M. Isselbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Paul Khairy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Alan D. Hilgenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Arvind K. Agnihotri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Arvind K. Agnihotri, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, COX 630, Boston, MA 02114.

Received 2 May 2008 ,Revised 6 November 2008 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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 Disclosures: Salary support (to L.M.S.) was provided by a fellowship award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Clinical Research Initiative and the Rosetti Fund (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts).

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.030

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1349-1357.e1 , December 2009

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