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Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clinico, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain

(Email: cmestres@clinic.ub.es).

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Primary or reoperative surgery of the thoracic aorta continues to be a challenge. In aortic dissection, the fate of the false lumen is still a matter of concern and it will remain patent in a substantial proportion of patients with the potential for a growing aorta and need for reoperation. Atherosclerotic aneurysms with arch involvement seem to be challenging when regarding the appropriateness of a given technique for repair.

The article by Gorlitzer and colleagues [1] has to seriously be taken into account. The authors . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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