Should we still do the Ross operation in adults?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a  

^a MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autograft dilatation; reoperation; Ross procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROSS PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 79951773090     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328343981e     Document Type: Review

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