Prevalence and predictors of neoaortic regurgitation after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1753-1759

  Formigari, Roberto ^a,c   Toscano, Alessandra ^b   Giardini, Alessandro ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a   Di Donato, Roberto ^b   Picchio, Fernando M ^a   Pasquini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345802945     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01325-4     Document Type: Article

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