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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192 Japan

(Email: tkazui@cvc-ohno.or.jp).

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In this study, the authors [1] described a one-stage technique for extensive replacement of the thoracic aorta in a series of 51 patients with chronic aortic dissection. The series comprises mostly patients requiring reoperation after previous repairs of acute type A aortic dissection. The authors have used bilateral thoracotomy and arch-first technique in these patients with commendable clinical results. They claim . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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