A fenestrated aortic valve contributing to iatrogenic aortic insufficiency post mitral valve replacement

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-83

  Lee, Alex P ^a   Walley, Virginia M ^a,b   Ascah, Kathryn J ^a   Veinot, John P ^a   Davies, Ross A ^a   Keon, Wilbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0029919035     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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