Aortic Allograft Valve Reoperation: Surgical Challenges and Patient Risks

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Nowicki, Edward R ^a   Pettersson, Gösta B ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Roselli, Eric E ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC ALLOGRAFT VALVE REOPERATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK; STROKE; SURVIVAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 49549103095     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.102     Document Type: Article

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