Risk of late aortic events after an isolated aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis with concomitant ascending aortic dilation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 832-838

  Girdauskas, Evaldas ^a   Disha, Kushtrim ^a   Raisin, Heinrich H ^a   Secknus, Maria Anna ^a   Borger, Michael A ^b   Kuntze, Thomas ^a  

^a Central Clinic Bad Berka   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic complication; Bicuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ASCENDING AORTIC DILATION; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PARAVALVULAR LEAKAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873201580     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs137     Document Type: Article

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