A new approach to the assessment of aortic cusp geometry

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 436-438

  Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a   Bierbach, Benjamin ^a   Aicher, Diana ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 33746228322     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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