Minimally Invasive Off-Pump Aortic Valve Implantation: The Surgical Safety Net

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1665-1668

  Kempfert, Joerg ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Borger, Michael A ^a   Lehmann, Sven ^a   Blumenstein, Johannes ^a   Fassl, Jens ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 53949099168     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.057     Document Type: Article

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