Is aortic valve-sparing operation or replacement with a composite graft the best option for aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysm?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-147

  Tourmousoglou, Christos ^a,b   Rokkas, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic root aneurysm; Ascending aorta aneurysm; Composite graft replacement; Valve sparing operation

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BLEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MARFAN SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149382213     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.186544     Document Type: Review

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