Mitral homograft for tricuspid valve endocarditis complicating a congenital fistula between the right coronary artery and right ventricle

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 564-566

  Hvass, Ulrik ^a   Lansac, Emanuel ^a   Chatel, Didier ^a   Henri, Isabelle ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

CHILD; CORONARY VESSELS; COXIELLA BURNETII; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; Q FEVER; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0029815459     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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