False aneurysm: A rare and potentially severe complication after pulmonary autograft operation

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-417

  Metras, Dominique ^a   Kreitmann, Bernard ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^a   Riberi, Alberto ^a   Yao, John G ^a   Ross, Donald N ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b La Timone Hospital Marseilles ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029741491     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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