Urgent homograft aortic root replacement for aortic root abscess in infants and children

Heart

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Chaturvedi, R ^a   De Leval, M ^a   Sullivan, D I ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic root abscess; Aortic root replacement; Endocarditis; Homograft

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032999694     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.81.1.62     Document Type: Article

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