Aortic valve replacement in children: Are we on the right track?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-571

  Mazzitelli, Domenico ^a   Guenther, Thomas ^a   Schreiber, Christian ^a   Wottke, Michael ^a   Michel, Johannes ^a   Meisner, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Ross operation; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031747537     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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