Aortic Valve Repair: The Functional Approach to Leaflet Prolapse and Valve-Sparing Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Jeanmart, Hugues ^a   de Kerchove, Laurent ^a   Glineur, David ^a   Goffinet, Jean Michel ^a   Rougui, Ishan ^a   Van Dyck, Michel ^a   Noirhomme, Philippe ^a   El Khoury, Gebrin ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846365579     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.089     Document Type: Article

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