DOI: 10.1055/s-00039245

AORTA

Issue 01 · Volume 01 · June 2013 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-41427

Dr. Cooley's Inaugural Article

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Cooley, Denton A.: A Brief History of Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

Welcome Letter

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Elefteriades, John A.: Letter From the Editor-in-Chief

Original Research Article

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Guo, Gao; Ott, Claus-Eric; Grünhagen, Johannes; Muñoz-García, Begoña; Pletschacher, Angelika; Kallenbach, Klaus; von Kodolitsch, Yskert; Robinson, Peter N.: Indomethacin Prevents the Progression of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Marfan Syndrome Mice
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Maleki, Shohreh; Björck, Hanna M.; Paloschi, Valentina; Kjellqvist, Sanela; Folkersen, Lasse; Jackson, Veronica; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Eriksson, Per: Aneurysm Development in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV): Possible Connection to Repair Deficiency?
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Kuivaniemi, Helena; Sakalihasan, Natzi; Lederle, Frank A.; Jones, Gregory T.; Defraigne, Jean-Olivier; Labropoulos, Nicos; Legrand, Victor; Michel, Jean-Baptiste; Nienaber, Christoph; Radermecker, Marc A.; Elefteriades, John A.: New Insights Into Aortic Diseases
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Soppa, Gopal; Abdulkareem, Nada; Smelt, Jeremy; Van Besouw, Jean-Pierre; Jahangiri, Marjan: High-Volume Practice by a Single Specialized Team Reduces Mortality and Morbidity of Elective and Urgent Aortic Root Replacement

State-of-the-Art Review

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Chun, Andrew S.; Elefteriades, John A.; Mukherjee, Sandip K.: Do β-Blockers Really Work for Prevention of Aortic Aneurysms?

Case Report

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Hogendoorn, Wouter; Schlösser, Felix J.V.; Sumpio, Bauer E.: A Giant Superior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm Mimicking an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Images in Aortic Disease

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Ziganshin, Bulat A.: Patient With a Massive Aortic Arch Aneurysm With Contained Rupture

How I Do It

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Ma, Wei-Guo; Zheng, Jun; Liu, Yong-Min; Zhu, Jun-Ming; Sun, Li-Zhong: Dr. Sun's Procedure for Type A Aortic Dissection: Total Arch Replacement Using Tetrafurcate Graft With Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation

What I Did

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Elefteriades, John A.: Mechanism to Valve a Cabrol Fistula for Bleeding Control

Ask the Editors

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Ziganshin, Bulat A.; on behalf of the Editorial Office: How Do You Manage the Diaphragm During Open Thoracoabdominal Interventions on the Aorta?

Poll the Editorial Board

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Ziganshin, Bulat A.; on behalf of the Editorial Office: Which Method of Cerebral Protection Do You Prefer to Use for Aortic Arch Surgery?

New Technology

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Raza, Syed T.: A Circular Surgical Stapler Designed to Anastomose Aorta and Dacron Tube Graft