Non-destructive assessment of 62 Dutch Bjork-Shiley convexo-concave heart valves

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 703-709

  De Mol, Bas A J M ^a,b   Overkamp, Peter J ^b   Van Gaalen, Geerda L ^a,b   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bjork Shiley valve; Technical analysis; Valve fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030890896     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01157-3     Document Type: Article

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