Calcified embolus of the left coronary ostia after aortic valve replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1162-1163

  Folliguet, Thierry A ^a   Malergue, Marie Christine ^a   Temkine, Jacques ^a   Dibie, Alain ^a   Petrie, Jean ^a   Laborde, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE;

EID: 0030893990     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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