Performance of the Hancock Porcine Bioprosthesis Following Aortic Valve Replacement: Considerations Based on a 15-Year Experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 216-222

  Milano, Aldo D ^a   Bortolotti, Uberto ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a   Guerra, Francisco ^a   Stellin, Giovanni ^a   Talenti, Enrico ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Gallucci, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BLEEDING; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; HANCOCK VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0023752968     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)65902-4     Document Type: Article

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