Valve-sparing procedure for dilatation of the autologous pulmonary artery and ascending aorta after the ross operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 915-916

  Masetti, Paolo ^a   Davila Roman, Victor A ^a   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a  

^a MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0041329928     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00196-6     Document Type: Article

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