Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 373-386 , Winter 2009

Acute Complicated and Uncomplicated Type III Aortic Dissection: An Endovascular Perspective

  • Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO
    • ,
  • Gorav Ailawadi, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gorav Ailawadi, MD, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800679, Charlottesville, VA 22908

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Surgery Research Training Grant T32/HL007849 (CMB).

PII: S1043-0679(09)00144-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.11.008

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 373-386 , Winter 2009

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