The elephant trunk technique: operative results in 100 consecutive patients
Open Access
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 21 (2) , 276-281
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(01)01088-0
Abstract
Objectives: To describe morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing the elephant trunk (ET) implantation as the first stage in the repair of theirKeywords
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