"Snake-jaw" Graft for aortic valve exposure during LVAD implant

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 747-748

  Lick, Scott D ^a   Kollar, Andras C ^a   Conti, Vincent R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOTOMY; ARTICLE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; IMPLANT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; STANDARD;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 78449295188     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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