Impact of graft size and resuspension level of the commissures on aortic insufficiency after reimplantation of the aortic valve

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 351-354

  Babin Ebell, Jörg ^a   De Vivo, F ^b   Vogt, P R ^c   Roth, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c Im Park Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic disease; Heart valve surgery; Valve sparing operation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548806404     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965382     Document Type: Article

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