Aortic valve replacement using a stentless bioprosthesis through right minithoracotomy: An initial experience

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 543-546

  Sansone, Fabrizio ^a   Zingarelli, Edoardo ^a   Punta, Giuseppe ^a   Flocco, Roberto ^a   Dato, Guglielmo Mario Actis ^a   Forsennati, Pier Giuseppe ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^a   Bardi, Gian Luca ^a   del Ponte, Stefano ^a   Casabona, Riccardo ^a  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Minimally invasive surgery; Right mini thoracotomy; Stentless prosthesis; Transverse sternotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCENDING AORTA; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC EUROSCORE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT MINITHORACOTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSVERSE STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 79960627780     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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