TASK FORCE xpert Consensus Document on the Treatment f Descending Thoracic Aortic Disease Using ndovascular Stent-Grafts * ditors :

ection Authors: Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, Joseph S. Coselli, MD, ichael A. Curi, MD, MPA, Holger Eggebrecht, MD, John A. Elefteriades, MD, aimund Erbel, MD, Thomas G. Gleason, MD, Bruce W. Lytle, MD, . Scott Mitchell, MD, Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, Eric E. Roselli, MD, azim J. Safi, MD, Richard J. Shemin, MD, Gregorio A. Sicard, MD, horalf M. Sundt III, MD, Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, and Grayson H. Wheatley III, MD

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