The bovine jugular vein conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: A feasible alternative to homograft conduits?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1204-1207

  Bottio, Tomaso ^a,b   Thiene, Gaetano ^a,b   Vida, Vladimiro ^a,b   Della Barbera, Mila ^a,b   Angelini, Annalisa ^a,b   Stellin, Giovanni ^a,b   Gerosa, Gino ^a,b  

^a University of Padua Medical School ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; LUNG ATRESIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 1842453823     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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