Reversing the Ross operation: A new reoperation option for autograft failure

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1645-1647

  Flynn, Michael ^a   Little, Sherard G ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Pettersson, Gösta B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34249030708     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.056     Document Type: Article

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