Aortic valve repair: Indications and outcomes

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Boodhwani, Munir ^a   El Khoury, Gebrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Aortic valve; Aortic valve repair; Endocarditis; Survival; Thoracic aorta aneurysm; Thromboembolism; Valve repair

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901347392     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-014-0490-7     Document Type: Article

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