Aortic root disease after the Ross procedure

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-560

  Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic root; Reoperation; Ross operation; Valve sparing procedure

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AUTOGRAFT; BODY HEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMOPREVENTION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33750360361     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000245742.93453.1d     Document Type: Review

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