Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-176

  Ott, David A ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; aneurysm; congenital; heart defects; ruptured; sinus of Valsalva

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 33645922464     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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