Intravascular ultrasound assisted sizing in thoracic endovascular aortic repair improves aortic remodeling in Type B aortic dissection

Julia Lortz; Konstantinos Tsagakis; Christos Rammos; Michael Horacek; Thomas Schlosser; Heinz Jakob; Tienush Rassaf; Rolf Alexander Jánosi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196180

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Intravascular ultrasound assisted sizing in thoracic endovascular aortic repair improves aortic remodeling in Type B aortic dissection

Julia Lortz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-3728

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Konstantinos Tsagakis,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Christos Rammos,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Michael Horacek,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Thomas Schlosser,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Heinz Jakob,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Tienush Rassaf,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Rolf Alexander Jánosi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alexander.janosi@uk-essen.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-6886

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Intravascular ultrasound assisted sizing in thoracic endovascular aortic repair improves aortic remodeling in Type B aortic dissection

Julia Lortz,
Konstantinos Tsagakis,
Christos Rammos,
Michael Horacek,
Thomas Schlosser,
Heinz Jakob,
Tienush Rassaf,
Rolf Alexander Jánosi

Published: April 19, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196180

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