Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 294-295 , August 2009

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in the Presence of Mediastinal and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

  • Pankaj Saxena, MCh, DNB

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Australia, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 9346 3333; fax: +61 8 9346 2344.
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  • Vanaja Sivapathasingam, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW 2145, Australia
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  • Mauro Vicaretti, FRACS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW 2145, Australia
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  • Robert J. Costa, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW 2145, Australia

Received 13 December 2007 ,Revised 25 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 March 2008.

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PII: S1443-9506(08)00122-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.03.081

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 294-295 , August 2009

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