A SURGICAL METHOD FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE SIZE OF GRAFT IN AORTIC ROOT REMODELING

Authors
MORISHITA K ABE T FUKADA J SATO H SHIIKU C
Citation
K. Morishita et al., A SURGICAL METHOD FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE SIZE OF GRAFT IN AORTIC ROOT REMODELING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(6), 1998, pp. 1795-1796
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1795 - 1796
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:6<1795:ASMFSA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We describe a surgical technique for selecting the appropriate size of a tube graft in aortic root remodeling procedures. As the technique h as a geometric basis, we believe that our method is more accurate in d etermining the graft size than others. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thor acic Surgeons.