Valve replacement in the small aortic annulus: Prospective randomized trial of st. Jude with Medtronic Hall

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 485-492

  Fiore, Andrew C ^a,d   Swartz, Marc ^a   Grunkemeier, Gary ^b   Dressler, Frederick ^a   Peigh, Pamela S ^a   McBride, Lawrence R ^a   Kaiser, George C ^a   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a   Barner, Hendrick B ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d St Mary's Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Medtronic Hall valves; Prosthetic valve replacement; Randomized trial; SJM valve; Small aortic annulus

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030983045     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)01088-3     Document Type: Article

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