Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement: Is It Worth It?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1121-1131

  Murtuza, Bari ^a,b   Pepper, John R ^b   DeL Stanbridge, Rex ^a   Jones, Catherine ^a   Rao, Christopher ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149091372     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.09.038     Document Type: Review

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