The pulmonary homograft as aortic valve substitute: 7 Years' follow up

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 910-916

  Mair, Rudolf ^a   Peschl, Friedrich ^a   Gross, Christoph ^a   Klima, Uwe ^a   Hinterreiter, Herbert ^a   Bruecke, Peter ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allograft; Aortic insufficiency; Aortic valve; Pulmonary valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030951108     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01213-X     Document Type: Article

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