In patients with severe active aortic valve endocarditis, is a stentless valve as good as the homograft?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-313

  Perrotta, Sossio ^a   Lentini, Salvatore ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic homograft; Endocarditis; Evidence based medicine; Stentless aortic valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REINFECTION; REOPERATION; SEVERE ACTIVE AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; BENCHMARKING; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957340033     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.234831     Document Type: Article

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