Aortic root aneurysms: Remodeling or composite replacement?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1564-1568

  David, Tirone E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ASCENDING AORTA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DACRON IMPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030731574     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01026-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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