A New Sinus Prosthesis for Aortic Valve-Sparing Surgery Maintaining the Shape of the Root at Systemic Pressure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 943-946

  Richardt, Doreen ^a   Karluss, Antje ^a   Schmidtke, Claudia ^a   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^a   Scharfschwerdt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS PROSTHESIS; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749087000     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.066     Document Type: Article

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