The everyday used nomenclature of the aortic root components: The tower of babel?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-482

  Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^b   Beyersdorf, Friedhelm ^c   Moritz, Anton ^d   Moosdorf, Rainer ^e   Lichtenberg, Artur ^f   Misfeld, Martin ^a   Charitos, Efstratios I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Aortic root; Aortic valve

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; AORTA; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL STAFF; STATISTICS;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861470294     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr093     Document Type: Review

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