Bovine jugular veins in the pulmonary position in adults - 5 years' experience with 64 implantations

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Boethlg, D ^a   Westhoff Bleck, M ^a   Hecker, H ^a   Ono, M ^a   Goerler, A ^a   Sarikouch, S ^a   Breymann, T ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Bovine valved conduit; Congenital cardiac surgery; Heart valve surgery; Long term follow up; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COW; ENDOCARDITIS; EXPERIENCE; EXPLANT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN IMPLANTATION; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VEIN SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CATTLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; CATTLE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350495785     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185394     Document Type: Article

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