Circulating microemboli after composite replacement or valve-sparing aortic root surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-144

  Notzold A ^a,b   Gerriets, T ^a,b   Eggers, J ^a,b   Kupiske, G ^a,b   Seidel, G ^a,b   Kaps, M ^a,b   Sievers, Hans Hinrichs ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Microembolism; Valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036314255     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32405     Document Type: Article

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