Surgical management of ascending aortic aneurysm due to non-infectious aortitis

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-424

  Mennander, Ari A ^a   Miller, Dylan V ^a   Liang, Kimberly P ^a   Warrington, Kenneth J ^a   Connolly, Heidi M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascending aortic aneurysm; Non infectious aortitis; Valve sparing surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTITIS; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL AORTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC AORTITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349174013     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430802023086     Document Type: Article

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