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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 740, São Paulo, 04023-900 Brazil

(Email: wjgomes.dcir@epm.br).

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A large body of contemporary evidence has shown that patency or thrombosis of the false lumen after type B aortic dissection is a determinant of late prognosis. On the other hand, the prognostic implications of partial thrombosis of the false lumen have been an object of controversy. Previous authoritative work . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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