Porcine mitral stentless valve mid-term clinical results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-62

  Vrandecic, Mario ^a   Gontijo, Bayard ^a   Fantini, Fernando A ^a   Martins, Idail ^a   Oliveira, Marcelo H ^a   Avelar, Sandra S ^a   Oliveira, Ozanam ^a   Vrandecic, Erika ^a  

^a BIOCOR INSTITUTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mitral heart valve substitute; Mitral stentless valve; Stentless mitral bioprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE;

EID: 0030861763     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01221-9     Document Type: Article

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