The "Double-Valve" Sign in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.

Ann Thorac Surg

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.

Published: October 2017

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