Coronary reimplantation in aortic root replacement: A method to avoid tension

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1176-1177

  Westaby, Stephen ^a   Katsumata, Takahiro ^a   Vaccari, Giuseppe ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032950408     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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