Surgical treatment of the dilated ascending aorta: When and how?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1834-1839

  Ergin, M Arisan ^a   Spielvogel, David ^a   Apaydin, Anil ^a   Lansman, Steven L ^a   McCullough, Jock N ^a   Galla, Jan D ^a   Griepp, Randall B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY DILATATION; ASCENDING AORTA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCARDITIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0033067718     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00439-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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