Type B Aortic Dissection: Management Updates

Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is the most frequent catastrophic event of the aorta; it occurs nearly three times as frequently as the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Sixty percent of dissection cases are classified as proximal or type A and 40% as distal or type B, according to the Stanford Cl...

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Main Authors: Naghmeh Moshtaghi, Mehrab Marzban, Nasim Mirhosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/14815.pdf&manuscript_id=14815