Fate of bicuspid aortic valves in patients undergoing aortic root repair or replacement for aortic root enlargement

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-326

  Veldtman, Gruschen R ^a,b   Connolly, Heidi M ^a   Orszulak, Thomas A ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644692348     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.3.322     Document Type: Article

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