Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Contegra Bovine Jugular Vein Conduit After Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 682-684

  Delmo Walter, Eva Maria ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^a   Abdul Khaliq, Hashim ^a   Meyer, Rudolf ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC FIBER; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HISTOLOGY; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN DILATATION;

ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATTLE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846504112     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.050     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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