Routine enlargement of the small aortic root: A preventive strategy to minimize mismatch

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-36

  Castro, Luis J ^a,b   Arcidi Jr , Joseph M ^a   Fisher, Audrey L ^a   Gaudiani, Vincent A ^a  

^a SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pacific Coast Cardiac/Vascular Surg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036306087     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03680-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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