Should We Abandon Homografts?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-378

  Elefteriades, John A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freestyle; homografts; structural valve degeneration; survival

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; BIOPROSTHESIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FREESTYLE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049146018     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.009     Document Type: Editorial

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