Early results of the bovine jugular vein graft used for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 618-624

  Dave, Hitendu H ^a   Kadner, Alexander ^a   Berger, Felix ^b   Seifert, Burkhardt ^c   Dodge Khatami, Ali ^a   Béttex, Dominique ^a   Prêtre, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 13244255543     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.081     Document Type: Article

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