Valve-preserving aortic replacement: Does the additional repair of leaflet prolapse adversely affect the results?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 270-277

  Langer, Frank ^a   Graeter, Thomas ^a   Nikoloudakis, Nikolaous ^a   Aicher, Diana ^a   Wendler, Olaf ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a   Hyde, Manly A ^b   Miller, Craig ^b   Verrier, Edward ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DISSECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0035437430     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.114635     Document Type: Article

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