Long-term follow-up of rheumatic patients undergoing left-sided valve replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty-validity of preoperative echocardiographic criteria in the decision to perform tricuspid annuloplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1013-1016

  Tager, Robin ^a   Skudicky, Daniel ^a   Mueller, Urs ^a   Essop, Rafique ^a   Hammond, Greg ^a   Sareli, Pinhas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032522573     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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