Dislocated wrap after previous reduction aortoplasty causes erosion of the ascending aorta

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 583-584

  Bauer, Matthias ^a   Grauhan, Onnen ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DACRON IMPLANT; EROSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0037314608     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04338-2     Document Type: Article

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