Valvular disease in pregnancy

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Oakley, Celia M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ROOT; BIOPROSTHESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG EDEMA; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029940124     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199603000-00008     Document Type: Review

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