Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases

By: Nienaber, Christoph A.

The definite treatment ofaortic disorders goes back to the resection ofisthmic coarctation by Clarence Crafoord in 1944. It took another third of a century until all portionsofthe aortabecameaccessible to highly standardized surgery. This progress, delayed as it was in relation to most other cardiovascular in- terventions, depended on the availability of safe protective methods for the heart and central nervous system, of reliable vascular grafts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792355172
• ISBN13: 9780792355175
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"