The Influence of Operative Techniques on the Outcomes of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and Aortic Dilatation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1918-1924

  Nazer, Rakan I ^a   Elhenawy, Abdelsalam M ^a   Fazel, Shafie S ^a   Garrido Olivares, Luis E ^a   Armstrong, Susan ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952308124     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.070     Document Type: Article

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