Reimplantation Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Marfan Syndrome Using the Valsalva Conduit: An Intercontinental Multicenter Study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Settepani, Fabrizio ^a   Szeto, Wilson Y ^b   Pacini, Davide ^c   De Paulis, Ruggero ^d   Chiariello, Luigi ^d   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a   Gallotti, Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Bavaria, Joseph E ^b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846371930     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.084     Document Type: Article

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