Valve failure following homograft aortic valve replacement: Does implantation technique have an effect?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1454-1462

  Ali, Ayyaz ^a   Abu Omar, Yasir ^a   Patel, Amit ^a   Ali, Ziad ^a   Sheikh, Ahmad Y ^a   Akhtar, Asim ^a   Pavlovic, Aleksandra ^a   Theodorou, Panagiotis ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Pepper, John ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Bioprosthesis; Homograft; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 44949188359     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn174     Document Type: Article

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