Serial doppler gradients are predictive of future bioprosthetic valve degeneration

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-344

  Prasad, Niraj K ^a   Alam, Mohsin ^a,b   Rosman, Howard S ^a   Farha, Amjad ^a   Silverman, Norman A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprosthetic valves; Degeneration; Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031966131     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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