Sixteen-year results of composite aortic root replacement for non-dissecting chronic aortic aneurysms

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 454-459

  Gelsomino, Sandro ^a   Masullo, Gianluca ^a   Morocutti, Giorgio ^a   Frassani, Romeo ^a   Da Col, Paolo ^a   Parise, Orlando ^b   Spedicato, Leonardo ^a   Livi, Ugolino ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SINTAX   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Ascending aorta

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542390602     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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