Surgical techniques for posterior aortic root enlargement

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1401-1402

  Nežić, Duško ^a   Knežević, Aleksandar ^a   Borović, Saša ^a  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA ROOT ENLARGEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR RING;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849123839     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.055     Document Type: Letter

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