title: [Twenty Years Experience of the Surgical Treatment of Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysms].
abstract: Giant ascending aortic aneurysm is one of the worst lesions of the cardiovascular system. Timely surgical treatment provides the only chance to prolong the lives of such patients. Life expectancy without surgery in these patients is minimal; they die from a ruptured aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Charchan
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Stepanenko
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gens
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Skvorstov
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Galeev
authors.affiliation: Russian Research Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Yu V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Belov