Midterm outcomes and quality of life of aortic root replacement: Mechanical vs biological conduits

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262.e15-262.e20

  Lehr, Eric J ^a   Wang, Peter Z T ^b   Oreopoulos, Antigone ^b   Kanji, Hussein ^b   Norris, Colleen ^b   MacArthur, Roderick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL VALVE CONDUIT; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL VALVE CONDUIT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS NODE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA DISEASE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALBERTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957983565     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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