Psychological distress among recipients of Bjork-Shiley convexo-concave valves: The impact of information

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 577-580

  Kallewaard, Marjon ^a   Defauw, Jo ^b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial heart valves; Bjork Shiley valves; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031468064     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.6.577     Document Type: Article

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