Cryopreserved aortic allografts for aortic root reconstruction: A single institution's experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1617-1622

  Dossche, Karl M ^a   Brutel De La Rivière, Aart ^a   Morshuis, Wim J ^a   Schepens, Marc A A M ^a   Defauw, Joseph J A M ^a   Ernst, Sjef M ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344417854     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00285-4     Document Type: Article

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