Reimplantation valve-sparing aortic root replacement for aortic root aneurysm in the elderly: Are we pushing the limits?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Settepani, Fabrizio ^a   Szeto, Wilson Y ^b   Bergonzini, Marcello ^a   Barbone, Alessandro ^a   Citterio, Enrico ^a   Berwick, Daniele ^a   Gallotti, Roberto ^a   Bavaria, Joseph E ^b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; REIMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649138923     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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