The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 625-631 , September 2009

Midterm results of endovascular treatment of complicated acute type B aortic dissection

  • Ali Khoynezhad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Neb
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Director of Aortic and Endovascular Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, 601 N 30th St, Suite 3700, Omaha, NE 68131.
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  • Carlos E. Donayre, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif
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  • Bassam O. Omari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif
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  • George E. Kopchok, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif
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  • Irwin Walot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Interventional Radiology, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif
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  • Rodney A. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif

Received 26 June 2008 ,Revised 4 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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 Read at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Kona, Hawaii, June 25–28, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00770-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.044

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 625-631 , September 2009

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