Implantation of a mechanical valve within the orifice of a mitral bioprosthesis in a case with severely calcified left atrium - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 857-860

  Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^a,b   Moriki, Naoya ^a,b   Doi, Toshiki ^a,c   Unno, Hideya ^a,c   Matsuzaki, Kanji ^a,b   Mitsui, Toshio ^a,b  

^a University of Tsukuba ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031667782     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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