Aortic root replacement by ministernotomy: Technique and potential benefits

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1958-1961

  Sun, Lizhong ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   Chang, Qian ^a   Tang, Yue ^a   Feng, Jun ^a   Sun, Xiaogang ^a   Zhu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034532560     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02147-0     Document Type: Article

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