Invited commentary. Primary or reoperative surgery of the thoracic aorta continues to be a challenge.
Mestres
Carlos-A
CA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clinico, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain. cmestres@clinic.ub.es
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents