Bicuspid aortopathy or bicuspid aortopathies? The risk in generalizing

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1604-

  Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 57949085996     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.052     Document Type: Letter

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