Is the Ross procedure as good as we thought it would be?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Marino, Bradley S ^a   Pasquali, Sara ^a   Spray, Thomas L ^a   Wernovsky, Gil ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valvoplasty; Congenital cardiac disease; Pulmonary autograft; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CADAVER DONOR; CORONARY ARTERY; COW; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VALVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; XENOGRAFT;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY VALVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750204909     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951106001053     Document Type: Article

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