Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 347-354 , Winter 2009

Hybrid Repair of Aortic Arch Aneurysms: Combined Open Arch Reconstruction and Endovascular Repair

  • Wilson Y. Szeto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia Heart Institute Suite 2A, 51 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    • ,
  • Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.11.007

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 347-354 , Winter 2009

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