HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Shinji Miyamoto Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Miyamoto, S. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Miyamoto, S. Related Collections Great vessels Related Article

---

Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu-shi, Oita, 879-5593 Japan

(Email: smiyamot@med.oita-u.ac.jp).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

The less than 10% survival rate after repair of an acute type A dissection inspires interest in the fate of the survivors. Aneurysmal change of the residual false lumen brings on an unwelcome second or even third operation with no proper proximal clamp site. Recognition of aortic metamorphosis from its initial condition is essential to determine what the first procedure should be, so as to avoid falling into this morass afterward. The authors demonstrate here [1] that postoperative dilatation occurred more frequently in the thoracic aorta, in the young, and in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Related Article

Midterm Change of Descending Aortic False Lumen After Repair of Acute Type I Dissection

Kay-Hyun Park, Cheong Lim, Jin Ho Choi, Euisuk Chung, Sang Il Choi, Eun Ju Chun, and Kiick Sung
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2009 87: 103-108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]