Stentless aortic bioprostheses: Compelling data from the Second International Symposium

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 235-240

  Westaby, Stephen ^a   Huysmans, Hans A ^b   David, Tirone E ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA GRAFT; AORTA STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOGRAFT;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031930267     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01290-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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