Surgery of the Aortic Valve

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 431-501

  David, Tirone E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033145131     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0011-3840(99)80802-8     Document Type: Article

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