Comparison between homografts and freestyle® bioprosthesis for right ventricular outflow tract replacement in Ross procedures

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 927-933

  Miskovic, Aleksandra ^a   Monsefi, Nadejda ^a   Doss, Mirko ^a   Özaslan, Feyzan ^a   Karimian, Afsaneh ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Homograft; Ross procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; ROSS PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873103377     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs185     Document Type: Article

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