A Modified Valve-On-Valve Approach for Aortic Root Replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2099-2101

  Kurisu, Kazuhiro ^a   Ochiai, Yoshie ^a   Kajiwara, Takashi ^a   Kumeda, Hiroshi ^a   Tominaga, Ryuji ^a  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345527042     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00743-4     Document Type: Article

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