ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Acute type B aortic dissection. Surgical treatment using the Elephant Trunk technique

Rodrigo de Castro Bernardes^I; Raul Corrêa Rabelo^I; Fernando Antônio Roquete Reis Filho^I; Walter Rabelo^I; Marcos Antônio Marino^I; Roberto Luiz Marino^I

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76381996000100004

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