Midterm results and quality of life after minimally invasive vs. conventional aortic valve replacement

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 337-341

  Detter, C ^a,b   Deuse, T ^a   Boehm, D H ^a   Reichenspurner, H ^a   Reichart, B ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve surgery; Minimally invasive; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036902849     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35743     Document Type: Article

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