Reconstruction of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-13

  Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 34247555318     PISSN: 15222942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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