Doppler echocardiographic assessment of normally functioning Starr-Edwards, CarboMedics and Carpentier-Edwards valves in aortic position

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 481-489

  Chakraborty, Barendra ^a,b   Quek, Susan ^a   Pin, Ding Zee ^a   Siong, Chee Tek ^a   Kheng, Tan Lay ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029923629     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700507     Document Type: Article

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