Likelihood of underreporting of outlet strut fracture from examination of the Dutch Björk-Shiley CC cohort

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 768-773

  Kallewaard, Marjon ^b   Algra, Ale ^b   Defauw, Jo ^b   Grobbee, Diederick ^b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032530163     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00461-5     Document Type: Article

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