Ascending aortic dissection: Can we treat it without surgery?

Wassim Shatila^{1

2

3}, Zvonimir Krajcer^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

Editorial

Wassim Shatila et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;94(7):1026-1027.

doi: 10.1002/ccd.28602.

Wassim Shatila^{1

2

3}, Zvonimir Krajcer^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

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Systematic review of endovascular repair of ascending aortic dissection.
Zhang L, Li Z, Li S, Zhao Z, Bao J, Zhou J, Jing Z. Zhang L, et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Dec 1;94(7):1018-1025. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28511. Epub 2019 Oct 8. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019. PMID: 31595660

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