Fate of coronary ostial anastomoses after the modified Bentall procedure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1797-1801

  Milano, Aldo D ^a   Pratali, Stefano ^a   Mecozzi, Gianclaudio ^a   Boraschi, Piero ^a   Braccini, Giovanni ^a   Magagnini, Enrico ^a   Bortolotti, Uberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA WALL; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BENTALL OPERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038651107     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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