Aortic Root Surgery The Biological Solution /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yankah, Charles A. (Editor), Weng, Yuguo (Editor), Hetzer, Roland (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Steinkopff, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

The surgical treatment of the aortic valve and root disease, organic and ischemic mitral regurgitation, and endocarditis has made great strides. Still, there is the well-known dilemma: on the one hand the need for anticoagulation in patients with mechanical valves that otherwise guarantee long-term...