Aortic dissection

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Roman W. DeSanctis, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Clinical Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston. Dr. DeSanctis attended Harvard Medical School and completed his internship, residency, and cardiac training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His work has focused on the clinical areas of cardiac arrhythmias, ischemic heart disease, and the medical-surgical interface of cardiovascular diseases. He has been particularly interested in

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    Roman W. DeSanctis, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Clinical Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston. Dr. DeSanctis attended Harvard Medical School and completed his internship, residency, and cardiac training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His work has focused on the clinical areas of cardiac arrhythmias, ischemic heart disease, and the medical-surgical interface of cardiovascular diseases. He has been particularly interested in aortic dissection for over 25 years, and has written and lectured extensively on the subject.

    Kim A. Eagle, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Chief of Medicine— Residency Training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr. Eagle attended Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, ConnecticuL His research interests include clinical decision making, preoperative risk analysis, and diagnostic test evaluation.

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