Aortic root replacement using the reimplantation technique: Tips and tricks

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-586

  Boodhwani, Munir ^a   De Kerchove, Laurent ^b   Khoury, Gebrine El ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic root replacement; Aortic valve prolapse; Aortic valve reimplantation; Surgical technique; Valve sparing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65949101223     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.197574     Document Type: Article

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