Does preoperative degree of aortic insufficiency influence early and midterm results of sparing surgery?

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Pacini, Davide ^a   Botta, Luca ^a   Bracchetti, Giovanni ^a   Massi, Francesco ^a   Di Marco, Luca ^a   Cattabriga, Iolter ^b   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve insufficiency; Aortic valve repair; Ascending aorta aneurysm; Reimplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE SPARING SURGERY; AORTIC ROOT ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA ANEURYSM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349135889     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.2.2035340     Document Type: Article

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