Complete thromboendarterectomy of the calcified ascending aorta and aortic arch

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Vogt, Paul R ^a   Hauser, Markus ^a   Schwarz, Urs ^b   Jenni, Rolf ^a   Lachat, Mario L ^a   Zünd, Gregor ^a   Schüpbach, Rolf W ^a   Schmidlin, Daniel ^a   Turina, Marko I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032892675     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01239-9     Document Type: Article

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