Stentless aortic valves as an alternative to homografts for valve replacement in active infective endocarditis complicated by ring abscess

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 803-808

  Siniawski, Henryk ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a   Yankah, Charles ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Behnke, Ingrid ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037336198     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04555-1     Document Type: Article

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