Thirty one-year durability of a Starr-Edwards aortic prosthesis

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 659-662

  Lazaros, G A ^a   Dounis, G B ^a   Panou, F C ^a   Georgoulas, V P ^a   Zacharoulis, A A ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Heart valve prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0031729373     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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