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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1141-1142
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

e-mail: michael.grimm@akh-wien.ac.at

Doctor Palma and his associates have provided a remarkable presentation of their 5-year experience with interventional management of aneurysms of the descending aorta. Within this timeframe, the authors have developed and adopted technical approaches that have helped them generate excellent clinical results.

Although great improvements have been made during past years by new surgical approaches, mortality and morbidity related to surgical repair of descending aortic aneurysms remains substantial. The role of catheter-based intraluminal stent grafting in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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