When to operate on the bicuspid valve patient with a modestly dilated ascending aorta

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1884-1892

  Etz, Christian D ^a,b   Zoli, Stefano ^a   Brenner, Robert ^a   Roder, Fabian ^a   Bischoff, Moritz ^a   Bodian, Carol A ^a   Diluozzo, Gabriele ^a   Griepp, Randall B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BENTALL PROCEDURE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DILATED ASCENDING AORTA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YACOUB PROCEDURE;

EID: 78649415334     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.115     Document Type: Article

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