Operative outcome of minimal access aortic valve replacement versus standard procedure

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 440-444

  Vanoverbeke, H ^a   Van Belleghem, Y ^a   Francois, K ^a   Caes, F ^a   Bove T ^a   Van Nooten, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Minimal invasive

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644269949     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2004.11679589     Document Type: Article

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