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Nienaber, C.A. (2006). Medical Treatment or Endovascular Stent-Graft Treatment for Acute Aortic Syndrome. In: Rousseau, H., Verhoye, JP., Heautot, JF. (eds) Thoracic Aortic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-38309-3_22

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