Aortic valve-sparing operations in patients with aneurysms of the aortic root or ascending aorta: Preliminary results

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-139

  Settepani, Fabrizio ^a   Ornaghi, Diego ^a   Barbone, Alessandro ^a   Citterio, Enrico ^a   Eusebio, Alessandro ^a   Manasse, Eric ^a   Silvaggio, Giuseppe ^a   Gallotti, Roberto ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Aortic valve leaflets; Valve sparing operations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 24744435576     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.095422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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