Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-4

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2. Aortic dissection

   • Christoph A. Nienaber

   Pages 5-55

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3. Aortic aneurysm

   • Arturo Evangelista, Jordi Soler-Soler, Herminio Garcia Del Castillo, Carmen Sebastia, Rosa Dominguez

   Pages 57-86

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4. Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms

   • James I. Fann, D. Craig Miller

   Pages 87-128

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5. Inherited disorders of the aorta

   • Dianna M. Milewicz

   Pages 129-160

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6. Aortic trauma

   • Rossella Fattori, Angelo Pierangeli

   Pages 161-200

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7. Aortitis

   • Toru Suzuki

   Pages 201-224

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8. Etiology and pathology of the aortic arch malformations

   • Carla Frescura, Gaetano Thiene

   Pages 225-275

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9. Back Matter

   Pages 277-284

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• cardiovascular
• diagnosis
• hypertension
• radiology
• trauma
• thoracic surgery

`References are both comprehensive and unusually current. This is an excellent volume to find information about aortic pathology, particularly of the thoracic aorta. It also has a good discussion of modern diagnostic techniques ... will be of most value to cardiologists, interventionalists, and pathologists rather than surgeons.'
Journal of Vascular Surgery (March 2000)

• Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  Christoph A. Nienaber

• Institute of Radiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy

  Rossella Fattori

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