The ross procedure offers excellent survival compared with mechanical aortic valve replacement in a real-world setting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 409-414

  Andreas, Martin ^a   Wiedemann, Dominik ^a   Seebacher, Gernot ^a   Rath, Claus ^a   Aref, Tandis ^a   Rosenhek, Raphael ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a   Eigenbauer, Ernst ^a   Simon, Paul ^a   Ruetzler, Kurt ^a   Hiesmayr, Joerg Michael ^a   Moritz, Anton ^b   Laufer, Guenther ^a   Kocher, Alfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Mechanical valve; Outcome (survival, reoperation); Pulmonary autograft; Ross operation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUSTRIAN; AUTOGRAFT; BIOPROSTHESIS; BODY MASS; BYPASS SURGERY; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; CARCINOMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MORTALITY; PARAVALVULAR LEAKAGE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ROSS PROCEDURE; SELF CARE; SEPSIS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSCATHETER PULMONARY VALVE IMPLANTATION; ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899110732     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt663     Document Type: Article

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