Aortic Root Replacement in 372 Marfan Patients: Evolution of Operative Repair Over 30 Years

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1344-1350

  Cameron, Duke E ^a   Alejo, Diane E ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Vricella, Luca A ^a   Dietz, Harry C ^a   Spevak, Philip J ^a   Williams, Jason A ^a   Bethea, Brian T ^a   Fitton, Torin P ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 64649096750     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.073     Document Type: Article

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