Valve-sparing aortic root replacement with repair of leaflet prolapse after Ross operation

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-91

  Watanabe, Naruhito ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurosawa, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve regurgitation; Leaflet prolapse; Pulmonary autograft; Ross operation; Valve sparing aortic root replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULOPLASTY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33846996018     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.137653     Document Type: Article

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