Heart valve operation in acromegaly

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 390-393

  Ohtsuka, Goro ^a   Aomi, Shigeyuki ^a   Koyanagi, Hitoshi ^a   Tsukui, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomizawa, Yasuko ^a   Hashimoto, Akimasa ^a   Sakomura, Yasunari ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MYXOMA; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030880861     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00788-1     Document Type: Article

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