Repair of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that had ruptured into the pulmonary artery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1823-1825

  Luckraz, Heyman ^a,b   Naik, Madhav ^a,b   Jenkins, Geraint ^a,b   Youhana, Aprim ^a,b  

^a Morriston Hospital ^*

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RARE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642565333     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.074     Document Type: Article

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