The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1420-1423 , June 2010

Modified Ross operation with reinforcement of the pulmonary autograft: Six-year results

  • Francis Juthier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Pôle de Chirugie Cardio-vasculaire, Lille, France
    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, IFR 114, EA 2693, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Carlo Banfi, MD, PhD, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Pôle de Chirugie Cardio-vasculaire, Lille, France
    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, IFR 114, EA 2693, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
    • ,
  • André Vincentelli, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Pôle de Chirugie Cardio-vasculaire, Lille, France
    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, IFR 114, EA 2693, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: André Vincentelli, MD, PhD, Pôle de Chirurgie Cardio-vasculaire, bvd Pr Leclercq, 59037 Lille.
    • ,
  • Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Pôle de Cardiologie et Maladies vasculaires, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Thierry Le Tourneau, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, IFR 114, EA 2693, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Claire Pinçon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, EA2694, Department of Biostatistics, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Alain Prat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Pôle de Chirugie Cardio-vasculaire, Lille, France
    • Univ Lille Nord de France, UDSL, IFR 114, EA 2693, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France

Received 28 October 2009 ,Revised 2 January 2010 ,Accepted 22 January 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00108-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.032

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1420-1423 , June 2010

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