title: Ascending aortic endarterectomy under circulatory arrest to facilitate safe aortic cross-clamping in aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Mudiwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munyikwa
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Savage
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments