Aortic valve repair and root preservation by remodeling, reimplantation, and tailoring: Technical aspects and early otcome

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 473-479

  Svensson, Lars G ^a,c   Deglurkar, Indu ^a   Ung, Jin ^a   Pettersson, Gosta ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   D'Agostino, Richard S ^b   Lytle, Bruce W ^a  

^a Center for Aortic Surgery   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549047094     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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