The Ross operation - a feasible and safe option in the setting of a bicuspid aortic valve?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Hanke, Thorsten ^a   Charitos, Efstratios I ^a   Stierle, Ulrich ^a   Robinson, Derek R ^b   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^c   Moritz, Anton ^d   Lange, Rüdiger ^e   Sievers, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autograft dimensions; Autograft regurgitation; Bicuspid aortic valve; Ross operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSS PROCEDURE; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955921720     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.064     Document Type: Article

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