Are bicuspid aortic valves a limitation for aortic valve repair?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1097-1104

  Badiu, Catalin C ^a   Bleiziffer, Sabine ^a   Eichinger, Walter B ^b   Zaimova, Iva ^a   Hutter, Andrea ^a   Mazzitelli, Domenico ^a   Voss, Bernhard ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Valve lesions; Valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053983759     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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