Long-term results with the Medtronic-Hall valvular prosthesis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 806-813

  Akins, Cary W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AORTIC VALVE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0029912441     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01115-3     Document Type: Article

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