Aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan's syndrome: The Southampton experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1502-1507

  Alexiou, Christos ^a   Langley, Stephen M ^a   Charlesworth, Phillip ^a   Haw, Marcus P ^a   Livesey, Steven A ^a   Monro, James L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035171062     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02993-9     Document Type: Article

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