The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S179-S184 , December 2010

Long-term results of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in atherosclerotic aneurysms involving the descending aorta

  • Martin Czerny, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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  • Martin Funovics, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Gottfried Sodeck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Julia Dumfarth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Maria Schoder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Andrzej Juraszek, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Tomasz Dziodzio, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Daniel Zimpfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Christian Loewe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Johannes Lammer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Raphael Rosenhek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Marek Ehrlich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Michael Grimm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Michael Grimm, MD, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

Received 27 April 2010 ,Revised 31 May 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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 Disclosures: Martin Czerny, Martin Funovics, Gottfried Sodeck, ulia Dumfarth, Maria Schoder, Andrzej Juraszek, Tomasz Dziodzio, Daniel Zimpfer, Christian Loewe, Johannes Lammer, Raphael Rosenhek, Marek Ehrlich, and Michael Grimm have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00680-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.031

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S179-S184 , December 2010

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