Fracture embolization of a Duromedics mitral prosthesis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-124

  Baumgartner, Fritz J ^a,b   Munro, A Ian ^a   Jamieson, W R Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart valve prosthesis; Mitral valve surgery; Prosthesis failure; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY EDEMA; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 0030917340     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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