Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: A Word of Caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1071-

  Nagy, Zsolt L ^a   Peterffy, Arpad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA BALLOON; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE RESECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VACUUM; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34548042400     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.075     Document Type: Letter

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