Diseases of the thoracic aorta

doi:10.1136/heart.86.2.227

Heart. 2001 August; 86(2): 227–234.

doi: 10.1136/heart.86.2.227.

PMCID: PMC1729864

Diseases of the thoracic aorta

R. Erbel

Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, University Essen, Germany. Email: erbel/at/uni-essen.de

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