Aortic valve replacement for the calcified ascending aorta in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-250

  Yasuda, Tamotsu ^a   Kawasuji, Michio ^a   Sakakibara, Naoki ^a   Watanabe, Yoh ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Calcified aorta; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Familial hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRYOANESTHESIA; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034255620     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00456-5     Document Type: Article

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