Replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta with a valved stentless composite graft: Technical considerations and early clinical results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Urbanski, Paul P ^a   Hacker, Robert W ^a  

^a Abteilung Kardiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033943970     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01482-X     Document Type: Article

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