Long-term outcome of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bicuspidalized homografts

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1392-1395

  Bramer, Sander ^a,b   Mokhles, M Mostafa ^a   Takkenberg, Johanna J M ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicuspidalized homograft; Congenital cardiac surgery; Right ventricular outflow tract; Ross procedure

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTOVENTRICULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; ROSS PROCEDURE;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82655173153     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.066     Document Type: Article

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