Autografts, homografts, and xenografts: Overview on stentless aortic valve surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a   Santini, Francesco ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Aortic valve; Autograft; Homograft; Stentless valve; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY VALVE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846986359     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000260208.98246.10     Document Type: Review

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