Surgical management of Behcet's aortitis: A report of eight patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-119

  Okada, Kenji ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a   Ando, Motomi ^a   Kosakai, Yoshio ^a   Nakano, Kiyoharu ^a   Sasako, Yoshikado ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AORTA VALVE; CASE REPORT; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTITIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030611905     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00365-2     Document Type: Article

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