The Ross procedure-valvular pathology of synchronous pulmonary autograft and homograft insufficiency

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1420-1424

  Dixit, Vidya ^a,b   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a,c   Butany, Jagdish ^a,d   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pathology; Pulmonary autograft; Pulmonary homograft; Ross procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547850203     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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