EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2007

Total Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement in a Marfan Patient Following Heart Transplantation and Hemiarch Repair

  • K.-M. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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  • S.-H. Chu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Prof. S.-H. Chu, Cardiovascular Center, 13F, 21, Sec 2, Nan-Ya S Road, Pan-Chiao, Taipei 220, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • J.-S. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • S.-J. Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • C.-Y. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • T.-Y. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

,Accepted 2 October 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00081-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.10.001

EJVES Extra
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