Are pulmonary homografts which were subjected to pulmonary hypertension more appropriate for aortic valve replacement than normal pulmonary homografts? A long-term multicentric echography study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-145

  Jashari, Ramadan ^a   Van Hoeck, Beatrice ^a   Gaudino, Mario ^a   Daenen, Willem ^b   Van Geldorp, Theo ^c   Kalmar, Peter ^d   Goffin, Yves ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Thoraxcentrum IZB G ^*  (Netherlands)

^d D 22587   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Echocardiography; Pulmonary homograft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034144075     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00321-3     Document Type: Article

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