Combined transapical aortic valve implantation with coronary artery bypass grafting in a young patient with porcelain aorta

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Kolettis, Theofilos N ^a,b   Spargias, Konstantinos ^b   Stavridis, George T ^a  

^a First Division of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation Services   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Calcification; Hybrid techniques; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORCELAIN AORTA; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSAPICAL AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 59949102260     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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