Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 682.e1-682.e4 , June 2010

Real-Time Three Dimensional Echocardiography in the Postoperative Follow-Up of Type-A Aortic Dissection—A Case Report

  • Denisa Muraru, MD

      Affiliations

    • Prof Dr C. C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Luigi P. Badano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Luigi P. Badano, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Piazzale S Maria Della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy
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  • Lorenzo Del Mestre, RS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
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  • Pasquale Gianfagna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
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  • Alessandro Proclemer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy
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  • Ugolino Livi, MD, FECTS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria Della Misericordia,” Udine, Italy

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00952-3

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.007

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 682.e1-682.e4 , June 2010

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