Freehand subcoronary aortic valve and aortic root replacement with cryopreserved homografts: Intermediate term results

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 498-504

  Yankah, A Charles ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Hofmeister, Josef ^a   Alexi Meskhishvili, Vladimir ^a   Siniawski, Henryk ^a   Lange, Peter E ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029815457     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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