Mid-term results after sinutubular junction remodelling with aortic cusp repair

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1010-1015

  Asano, Mitsuru ^a   Kunihara, Takashi ^a   Aicher, Diana ^a   El beyrouti, Hazem ^a   Rodionycheva, Svetlana ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic cusp repair; Aortic valve regurgitation; Ascending aortic aneurysm; Sinutubular junction remodelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC CUSP REPAIR; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SINUTUBULAR JUNCTION REMODELLING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865602702     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs120     Document Type: Article

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