Surgical Aortic Valvotomy in Infancy: Impact of Leaflet Morphology on Long-Term Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1412-1416

  Bhabra, Moninder S ^a   Dhillon, Rami ^a   Bhudia, Sunil ^a   Sethia, Babulal ^a   Miller, Paul ^a   Stumper, Oliver ^a   Wright, John G C ^a   De Giovanni, Joseph V ^a   Barron, David J ^a   Brawn, William J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVULOTOMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULOTOMY;

EID: 0242468670     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01028-2     Document Type: Article

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