Clinical experience with the first 100 ATS heart valve implants

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-292

  Van Nooten, G ^a   Caes, F ^a   Francois K ^a   Missault, L ^a   Van Belleghem, Y ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ATS heart valves; echocardiography; haemodynamics; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0029886279     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400303     Document Type: Article

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