Valve disease

Contributing journals to this CTSNet collection:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Items 1121-1130 of 1645 total displayed.

Original articles
Performance of stentless versus stented aortic valve bioprostheses in the elderly patient: a prospective randomized trial

M. Doss, S. Martens, J.P. Wood, T. Aybek, P. Kleine, G. Wimmer Greinecker, and A. Moritz
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003; 23: 299-304. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
Biological vs. mechanical aortic root replacement

John G. Byrne, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Alexandros N. Karavas, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Bradley J. Phillips, Sary F. Aranki, James D. Rawn, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003; 23: 305-310. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
Ochronosis of the aorta

S. Ghotkar, M. Kuduvalli, and W. Dihmis
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003; 23: 423. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Case reports
Tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma: an unusual cause of intermittent dyspnea

Georgios P. Georghiou, Eldad Erez, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Dan Aravot
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003; 23: 429-431. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Preseeding with autologous fibroblasts improves endothelialization of glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine aortic valves

Helmut Gulbins, Angelika Goldemund, Ingrid Anderson, Ulrike Haas, Antje Uhlig, Bruno Meiser, and Bruno Reichart
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 592-601. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Homograft valve repair for recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis

Richard Lee and Marc R. Moon
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 725-727. [Full text] [PDF] ?

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Initial experience with a stentless porcine bioprosthesis for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in children

Luca A. Vricella, Michael A. Coady, and Michael D. Black
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 727-728. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Older patients fare better with the Ross operation

J?rgen O. B?hm, Cornelius A. Botha, Wolfgang Hemmer, Christoph Starck, Gunnar Blumenstock, Detlef Roser, and Joachim-Gerd Rein
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2003; 75: 796-801. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Invited commentary

Tirone E. David
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2003; 75: 802. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Stentless aortic valves as an alternative to homografts for valve replacement in active infective endocarditis complicated by ring abscess

Henryk Siniawski, Hans Lehmkuhl, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Charles Yankah, Michael Hoffmann, Ingrid Behnke, and Roland Hetzer
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2003; 75: 803-808. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?