Results with the Freestyle Porcine Aortic Root for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1889-1895

  Kanter, Kirk R ^a   Fyfe, Derek A ^a   Mahle, William T ^a   Forbess, Joseph M ^a   Kirshbom, Paul M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FREESTYLE BIOPROSTHESIS; FREESTYLE PORCINE AORTIC ROOT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HOMOGRAFT VALVE; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MITRAL REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOPLASTY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT RECONSTRUCTION; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TRICUSPID REPAIR; VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE;

EID: 0344234152     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01304-3     Document Type: Article

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