title: eComment: Cross-clamping the heavily calcified ascending aorta after a preoperative computed tomography evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Via Aurelia Sud, 54100 Massa, Italy.
authors.forename: Jamshid H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Karimov
authors.forename: Kakhaber
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Latsuzbaia
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glauber
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003250:Constriction; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome