Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1369-1374 , December 2008

Immediate endovascular repair for acute traumatic injuries of the thoracic aorta: A multicenter analysis of 28 cases

  • Jean-Marc Alsac, MD

      Affiliations

    • Parisian Association for Research in Surgery-Vascular (PARIS-VASC) composed of the Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP and University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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  • Benoit Boura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP and University René Descartes, Paris, France
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  • Pascal Desgranges, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP and University Val de Marne, Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Pascal Desgranges, MD, PhD, Department of Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP and University Val de Marne, Paris 12, Créteil, France, 51, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94000 Créteil, France
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  • Jean-Noël Fabiani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP and University René Descartes, Paris, France
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  • Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP and University Val de Marne, Créteil, France
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  • Guy Leseche, MD

      Affiliations

    • Parisian Association for Research in Surgery-Vascular (PARIS-VASC) composed of the Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP and University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAdditional corresponding author: Guy Leseche, MD, Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP and University Paris-Diderot, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
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  • PARIS-VASC

Received 8 May 2008 ,Accepted 11 July 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01176-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.019

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1369-1374 , December 2008

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