Valve-sparing aortic root replacement in a patient with a rare connective tissue disorder: Arterial tortuosity syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bottio, Tomaso ^a   Bisleri, Gianluigi ^a   Piccoli, Paolo ^a   Muneretto, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ROOT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MAPPING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVE SPARING AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT;

EID: 33845763446     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.050     Document Type: Article

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