Massive aortic regurgitation by spontaneous rupture of a fibrous strand in a fenestrated aortic valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 521-523

  Akiyama, Kazuya ^a   Ohsawa, Satoshi ^a   Hirota, Jun ^a   Takiguchi, Makoto ^a  

^a Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031694512     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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