Geometrical Difference between an Ascending Aneurysm and a Root Aneurysm in Valve-Sparing Operations

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-65

  Ohtsubo, Satoshi ^a   Itoh, Tsuyoshi ^a   Furukawa, Kojiro ^a   Rikitake, Kazuhisa ^a   Okazaki, Yukio ^a   Natsuaki, Masafumi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Ascending aneurysm; Intraoperative endoscopy; Root aneurysm; Valve sparing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTOGRAPHY; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATHOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0036480739     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02919666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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