Knowledge, attitudes, and practice patterns in surgical management of bicuspid aortopathy: A survey of 100 cardiac surgeons

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Verma, Subodh ^a   Yanagawa, Bobby ^a   Kalra, Sameer ^a   Ruel, Marc ^b   Peterson, Mark D ^a   Yamashita, Michael H ^c   Fagan, Andrew ^d   Currie, Maria E ^e   White, Christopher W ^f   Wai Sang, Stephane Leung ^g   Rosu, Cristian ^h   Singh, Steve ⁱ   Mewhort, Holly ^j   Gupta, Nandini ^b   Fedak, Paul W M ^j,k  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE DISEASE; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIAC SURGEON; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 84885939022     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.037     Document Type: Article

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