A Single-Institution Experience With the Ross Operation Over 11 Years

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 514-520

  Böhm, Jürgen O ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^a   Rein, Joachim Gerd ^a   Horke, Alexander ^a   Roser, Detlef ^a   Blumenstock, Gunnar ^b   Botha, Cornelius A ^c  

^a SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Cardiac Clinic Bodensee   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROSS PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249128804     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.093     Document Type: Article

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