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Anesthesia for Surgery of the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Arch

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Disease of the ascending aorta is always a serious development in any patient. The nature of the ­disease and the severity of the particular disease will typically determine whether the patient will ultimately have to proceed with immediate ­surgical intervention or observation and medical management.

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Murray, A.W., Subramaniam, K. (2011). Anesthesia for Surgery of the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Arch. In: Subramaniam, K., Park, K., Subramaniam, B. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Aortic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85922-4_6

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