The Ross Procedure in Adults: Long-Term Follow-Up and Echocardiographic Changes Leading to Pulmonary Autograft Reoperation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Frigiola, Alessandro ^a   Ranucci, Marco ^a   Carlucci, Concetta ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Abella, Raul ^a   Di Donato, Marisa ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 47149098656     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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