Aortic Root Operations for Marfan Syndrome: A Comparison of the Bentall and Valve-Sparing Procedures

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2003-2011

  Patel, Nishant D ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Alejo, Diane E ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Williams, Jason A ^a   Dietz, Harry C ^b   Spevak, Philip J ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a   Vricella, Luca A ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 43649086088     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.032     Document Type: Article

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