Composite aortic root replacement for complex prosthetic valve endocarditis: Initial clinical results and long-term follow-up of high-risk patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1967-1974

  Wilbring, Manuel ^a   Tugtekin, Sems Malte ^a   Alexiou, Konstantin ^a   Matschke, Klaus ^a   Kappert, Utz ^a  

^a University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REINFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AORTA, THORACIC; ENDOCARDITIS, NON-INFECTIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870049541     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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