Is the Bentall procedure for ascending aorta or aortic valve replacement the best approach for long-term event-free survival?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 698-703

  Hagl, Christian ^a   Strauch, Justus T ^a   Spielvogel, David ^a   Galla, Jan D ^a   Lansman, Steven L ^a   Squitieri, Rafael ^a   Bodian, Carol A ^a   Griepp, Randall B ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1028 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BENTALL PROCEDURE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0042830994     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00568-X     Document Type: Article

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