Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: How does this perform in high-risk patients?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-122

  Schmitto, Jan D ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^b   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aortic valve replacement; high risk; minimally invasive aortic valve replacement; minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery; minimally invasive valve surgery

Indexed keywords

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EXPERIENCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79951771915     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328343983a     Document Type: Review

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