Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 20-28 , January 2009

Evaluation of volumetric measurements in patients with acute type B aortic dissection – thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) vs conservative

  • Iris Eva Chemelli-Steingruber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Andreas Chemelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Alexander Strasak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Beate Hugl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Renate Hiemetzberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Benedikt V. Czermak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Benedikt V. Czermak, MD, University Hospital Innsbruck, Department of Radiology, Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 18 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01415-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.062

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 20-28 , January 2009

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