Deleterious outcome of No-React-treated stentless valved conduits after aortic root replacement: Why were Warnings ignored?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  Carrel, Thierry P ^a   Schoenhoff, Florian S ^a   Schmidli, Juerg ^a   Stalder, Mario ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich S ^a   Englberger, Lars ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDOCARDITIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 46049084773     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.047     Document Type: Article

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