**DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS INCLUDING THE ASCENDING AORTA AND THE AORTIC ARCH**

Edited by **Reinhart T. Grundmann**

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#### **Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Including the Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/996 Edited by Reinhart T. Grundmann

#### **Contributors**

Saeid Shahidi, Gregory Jones, Andre van Rij, Sima Sayyahmelli, Rakhshandeh Alipanahi, Enrique San Norberto, Carlos Vaquero, James Taylor, Michael Gorlitzer, Gabriel Weiss, Ferdinand Waldenberger, Martin Grabenwöger, Lucas Ribé, Juan Luis Portero, Juan Vicente Solís, Rosario García- Pajares, Luis Manuel Reparaz, María Vila, Guillermo Careaga-Reyna, Joep Teijink, Jan Ten Bosch, Edith Maria Willigendael, Philippe Cuypers, Marc van Sambeek, Simone Knaap, Wayne Powell II, Takashi Kunihara, Suguru Kubota, Satoru Wakasa, Norihiko Shiiya, Yoshiro Matsui, Annabelle Dupont, Ahmed Elkalioubie, Brigitte Jude, Fadi Farhat, Hassane Abdallah, Olivier Jegaden, Theodora Bajan-Angoulvant, Salah A. Mohamed, Hans - H. Sievers, Richard Semelka, Vasco Andresen Guimaraes Heredia, Miguel Ramalho, Sérgio Duarte, Rafael De Campos, Mateus Hernandez, Nuno Tavares

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Including the Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch Edited by Reinhart T. Grundmann p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-524-2 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-6515-6
