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Reinforcement of Anastomosis in Aortic Dissection Surgery

Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinic Hospital University of Messina, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, 98100 Italy

(Email: salvolentini@alice.it).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article of Nakamura and colleagues [1]. The authors report hemolytic anemia caused by anastomotic stenosis after surgical treatment for aortic dissection in which internal and external Teflon felt strips (DuPont, Wilmington, DE) were used for reinforcement of the aortic stump. It is interesting that the same authors of this article already described this phenomenon in the past [2]. As they pointed out the main problem is . . . [Full Text of this Article]