Primary aortic valve replacement with cryopreserved aortic allograft: An echocardiographic follow-up study of 570 patients

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-66

  Palka, P ^a   Harrocks, S ^a   Lange, A ^a   Burstow, D J ^a   O'Brien, M F ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart diseases; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR RING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036143745     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0102.101357     Document Type: Article

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