Valve-sparing root reduction plasty in aortic aneurysm: The "Jena" technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1031-1033

  Albes, Johannes M ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037334954     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04339-4     Document Type: Article

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