Long-term follow-up of St. Jude Medical prosthesis in a young rheumatic population using low-level warfarin anticoagulation: An analysis of the temporal distribution of causes of death

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 736-739

  Kontozis, Loizos ^a   Skudicky, Daniel ^a   Hopley, Mark J ^a   Sareli, Pinhas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 0032521172     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)01007-2     Document Type: Article

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