Geometric mismatch between homograft (allograft) and native aortic root: A 14-year clinical experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 835-841

  Yankah, A C ^a   Klose, H ^a   Musci, M ^a   Siniawski, H ^a   Hetzer, R ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic allograft; Geometric mismatch; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035487111     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00885-5     Document Type: Article

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