Bicuspid aortic valve disease and pulmonary autograft root dilatation after the Ross procedure: A clinicopathologic study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-79

  Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a   Barozzi, Luca ^a   Tomezzoli, Anna ^a   Casali, Gianluca ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VASCULAR NECROSIS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035412849     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.114638     Document Type: Article

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