Comparison of allografts and prosthetic valves when used for emergency aortic valve replacement for active infective endocarditis

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 637-641

  Lupinetti, Flavian M ^a,b   Lemmer Jr , John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0025995627     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90357-Q     Document Type: Article

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