Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 438-444 , March 2010

Surgical Treatment of Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root Aneurysms

  • Tirone E. David

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tirone E. David, MD, 200 Elizabeth St., 4N457 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4 Canada.

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 Statement of Conflict of Interest: see page 443.

PII: S0033-0620(09)00121-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2009.12.005

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 438-444 , March 2010

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