Nonfatal stent fracture in porcine wessex xenografts implanted in the mitral position

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 972-973

  Ius, Paolo ^a   Valente, Marialuisa ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME;

BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030587956     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00483-3     Document Type: Article

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