Quality of life after aortic root surgery: Reimplantation technique versus composite replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1869-1875

  Franke, Ulrich F W ^a   Isecke, Anne ^a   Nagib, Ragi ^a   Breuer, Martin ^b   Wippermann, Jens ^c   Tigges Limmer, Katharina ^b   Wahlers, Thorsten ^c  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC COMPOSITE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REIMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78649429905     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.067     Document Type: Article

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